Mama June’s daughter Chickadee, 28, attends child Kaitlyn’s graduation… amid cancer battle
Mama June Shannon’s daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell has shared her pride after attending her eldest child Kaitlyn’s graduation.
The proud mom took to Facebook on Wednesday to share an insight into her 10-year-old daughter Kaitlyn’s elementary school graduation.
It comes after it was revealed that Anna is currently battling cancer in her liver, kidneys and lungs at stage four after being diagnosed with adrenal carcinoma in January.
To mark her daughter’s graduation, Anna shared snaps of her cuddling Kaitlyn and her youngest child Kylee, seven, who she shares with ex-husband Michael Cardwell.
Anna smiled and looked every inch the proud mother as she sat on the steps in front of the graduation podium with her children and her boyfriend Eldridge Toney.
Proud: Mama June Shannon’s daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell has shared her pride after attending her eldest child Kaitlyn’s graduation. Also pictured: her daughter Kylee, 7
She also shared videos of Kaitlyn giving a graduation speech, where she talked about her love of science and the “valuable” life lessons she learned in school.
In an accompanying caption, Anna gushed sweetly about how “proud” she is of her two daughters.
She wrote, “I’m a proud mom right now and I also can’t believe I’m getting a high schooler and a second grader to cry me out.”
“I’m so proud of my girls and everything they’ve accomplished.”
Anna welcomed daughter Kaitlyn in 2012 and married her then-boyfriend Michael Cardwell two years later. They called it quits in 2017 and she is now dating Eldridge.
Anna first appeared in TLC’s 2009 series Toddlers and Tiaras along with her now teenage sister Alana and their family.
Anna and her family shot to fame on the hit TLC reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and in 2017 starred in the spin-off Mama June: From Not to Hot.
The graduation comes just days after Mama June revealed he’s moving home to Georgia to care for Anna as she battles stage four cancer.
Struggle: It comes after it was revealed that Anna is currently battling cancer in her liver, kidneys and lungs at stage four after being diagnosed with adrenal carcinoma in January
Sweet: To mark her daughter’s graduation, Anna shared snaps of her cuddling Kaitlyn and her youngest daughter Kylee, seven, and her boyfriend Eldridge Toney
Proud: In an accompanying caption, Anna gushed about how “proud” she is of her two daughters
The 43-year-old June said she would be moving from Alabama with husband Justin Stroud and also opened up about her mended relationship with Anna in a conversation with The sun.
She said, “I’m in the process of leaving Alabama right now and I’m in the final stages of my legal troubles, so we’re definitely going back to Georgia.”
The legal issues relate to June and ex Geno Doak’s 2019 drug possession arrest in Alabama. The pair were infamously arrested with crack cocaine outside a gas station.
Shannon’s children had a broken relationship with her after her public battle with alcohol and cocaine addiction in recent years, but she and Anna have since mended their relationship.
She said: ‘The relationship with Anna actually worked before she found out she had cancer. It didn’t just start working miraculously like, [when] Anna had cancer.’
Anna was diagnosed in January with stage four adrenal carcinoma of the liver, kidneys and lungs, family sources told TMZ at the time.
Adrenal carcinoma, also known as adrenocortical cancer, is a rare disease that affects an estimated 200 Americans each year, according to the American Cancer Society.
The average age of patients with adrenal cancer is about 46 years old, but it can occur in people of any age, even children, according to the American Cancer Society.
Anna initially complained of a number of ailments, including abdominal pain, before several investigations were conducted.
Support: Graduation comes just days after Mama June revealed he’s moving home to Georgia to care for Anna as she battles stage four cancer
She had her first chemotherapy in February and has lost all her hair as a result, according to family sources.
Doctors are waiting to see what the treatment means for her before making any further decisions, but her family is “very hopeful” that she will overcome the disease.
Adrenal cortical carcinomas begin in the outer layer of the adrenal glands, which are located next to the kidneys. The adrenal glands are small glands that produce hormones.
Most growths that form in the adrenal glands are noncancerous.