Brittany Mahomes just can’t seem to catch a break! The mother of two had barely recovered from her back fracture when her ankle narrowly escaped from getting seriously damaged today. And it was all for investigating a feathered intruder in their house!

The former soccer player shared a series of clips on her Instagram story about a duck having made its nest in their yard. Showing the black and brown bird sitting in the corner, Brittany said, “A mommy duck made a nest, and I think she has babies. I love that she feels safe at our house.” 

In a video after this, curious about whether the duck laid eggs or not, Brittany went outside to investigate with her husband Patrick Mahomes by her side. “The duck’s right there,” said Mahomes, which startled Brittany so much she almost tripped. “Almost broke my ankle,” she wrote with the video clip along with some laughing emojis.

While the 28-year-old couldn’t complete her mission of spotting the eggs, fortunately, she escaped getting her ankle seriously injured. “Okay, well, it’s still here. I just wanted to see if there is eggs,” said Brittany in her final story. This was hours after Brittany tagged her better half, Patrick Mahomes, along on her expedition to spot the eggs when she thought the mama duck was gone.

“The duck is gone. We’re going to check,” she had earlier said in one clip, where she followed the quarterback outside the house. “But I’m not about to get attacked by no duck, so he [Mahomes] has my back here, on guard.” However, her plans were foiled by the mama duck who was back!

While the duck might have caused a slight fright for Mrs. Mahomes, the moments involving animals generally draw out a much softer side of the family. From zoo adventures to cuddling their pets, the Mahomes family is an ardent zoophilist. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes once revealed his special love for his pit bull, Silver, remarking, “Honestly my chosen spirit animal is my dog Steel, because me and my dog Steel are exactly the same person, except he’s a dog.”

Following in her father’s footsteps in little Sterling, who can be seen in numerous videos and pictures from her mother’s Instagram, playing with her pet dogs Silver and Steel. On account of the same love for the pawed beings, in 2019, Brittany and Patrick Mahomes teamed up with the KC Pet Project facilitating the adoption of over 70 dogs in a single weekend through their “15 and the Mahomies Foundation.” 

Zipping back to the recent encounter with the bird and the almost injury of the QB’s wife, one gets reminded of her long-term struggle due to a fractured back. When Brittany suffered the injury in March this year, she shared the news with her fans with insightful advice for mothers.

Brittany Mahomes recovers strongly from her severe back injury!

In a worrying Instagram story, the mother of two had posted a photo of herself with a hospital bracelet in March. She wrote, “Just your daily reminder: Once you have kids please take care of your pelvic floor. Seriously. From: A girl with a fractured back.” After childbirth, the pelvic floor of mothers can be weakened, and since it is connected to the lower back, it might cause back fractures.

However, now Brittany has “fully recovered” and is fully back on her feet, again. “You know, I’m doing great,” she said via E! News. “I’m living my best life. My back is no longer broken, so that’s good.” The former soccer player has now returned to the gym and is “back to doing the things” she used to before getting injured. The mother of two continued preaching about the consistency of going to the gym and maintaining the physical body once again in her day-old post on her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoot journey.

In the recent interview, she further even mentioned her renewed faith in prioritizing her health after the recovery and shared, “[I’m] just staying on top of my health and being, you know, [being] active and healthy for my kids and my dogs is super important to me.” Connecting back to her love for her fur family, much like a true dog mom, Brittany Mahomes couldn’t hold back mentioning her two pups even in the conversation about her own health. Surely indicates a precious kind of bond!