Mama June Shannon is asking for prayers.
The mother of four, 44, took to Instagram to ask her supporters to keep her family in their thoughts on Friday.
Although the reality star did not specify what exactly prompted the request, she did include the hashtag #cancersucks. Her daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell is currently undergoing treatment for stage 4 adrenal cancer after being diagnosed in January.
PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Shannon, but they did not immediately respond.
“We are asking all of you for prayers for our family as we go through this process, we really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers and will update you whenever we can just know all your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated during this time,” she wrote Shannon posted on social media.
Shannon’s 23-year-old daughter Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird reposted her mother’s plea on her Instagram Story, adding, “Pray for our family.”
Mom June Shannon and daughters. Christine Salvador/WE tv
Doctors confirmed that Cardwell, 29, had cancer after she complained of stomach pains. They discovered the disease in the liver, kidneys and lungs after a series of tests.
The Little children and tiaras and Here comes Honey Boo Boo alum reportedly underwent her first round of chemotherapy in March.
Cardwell last updated her followers on her treatment in an Instagram post on May 10.
Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson addresses sister Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell with cancer diagnosis
“Okay, off to round three of chemo,” she captioned a selfie with her boyfriend Eldridge Toney in Atlanta. “This one [was] yesterday was a pretty good day but a little came and Cracker Barrel was good when it rained but not worse 😂 but all in all it’s going well and the chemo is working we found things are looking good 😇😁😁🙏.”
Earlier this month, Shannon spoke exclusively with PEOPLE, saying she’s been “emotionally drained” since her oldest daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
“I’m not going live [on TikTok] a lot because of Anna. I’m already emotionally drained because of it,” she explained. “I’m not emotionally mean… not mentally [or] emotionally ready to deal with 5,000 people asking me about Anna that day.”
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Mama June’s daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell.
Anna Cardwell TikTok
She’s had about four cancer treatments, but won’t have any more chemotherapy, Shannon said Party tonight in July. “The next course, if he decides to, if the time comes, will be immunotherapy or clinical trials. And she just wants to see how it goes and we don’t know what to expect because the cancer is very aggressive and it went from nothing to something huge on the left side of her body very quickly.”
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In October, Cardwell shared a TikTok snack challenge with Toney.
During the video, the mother of two made a brief reference to her hair growing back after chemotherapy.
“Ignore the hair, okay? I don’t know what it’s doing,” she said, running her hand over her head. “So just go with the flow.”
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