Star of Mama June: From Not to Hot, Mama June, opens up about her daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell, and her battle with stage four adrenal carcinoma
Mama June is living up to her motherly nickname and sharing that the family is taking things “one day at a time” after her oldest daughter’s cancer diagnosis.
In March 2023, 28-year-old Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell was diagnosed with stage four Adrenal carcinoma, a cancer that affects the adrenal glands which sit on top of a person’s kidneys.
And now her mum “Mama June” Shannon has revealed the seriousness of the condition. Speaking about her daughter, June said: “We don’t know what to expect because the cancer is very aggressive and it grew from nothing to something huge on the left side of her body really fast.”
Anna, her siblings, and mum starred in their own reality TV show, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which centred around her younger sister Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson from 2012 to 2017. Alana and Mama June were previously regulars on the reality show Toddlers & Tiaras, as Alana competed in child pageants.