The Shannon family at the heart of the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo series has seen both setbacks and celebrations throughout their time in the public eye. Various stories have shown everything from unfortunate car accidents to Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson’s early admission to college being reported to the world at large. Unfortunately, the family’s latest update is more severe, as Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell has reportedly been diagnosed with cancer.
Half sister to Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Cardwell was just revealed by TMZ as having stage 4 adrenal carcinoma. The condition was discovered after the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo co-star had complained of stomach pains, which eventually revealed cancer throughout Anna Cardwell’s body. At the moment she is undergoing chemotherapy, which will determine the next steps for her treatments, which started after her initial complaint this past January.
