The procedure only sped up her weight loss and helped her drop to 195 pounds in only six weeks.
“I can’t sit and eat the whole table now,” she said.
Additionally, Mama June stated that she even briefly lost her vision due to drugs.
Just bits and pieces and stuff."
She also couldn’t help but lament the fact that her addiction had cost her nearly a million dollars.
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And those late-night hours only made her absence seem more prominent.
Well, they’re not good, but I can act like it’s good," she added.
“But then there’s just some days I can just sit here and I just wallow in it.
I don’t want to do anything.
I don’t want to go anywhere.”
As the family continued to deal with grief, they found ways to keep Cardwell close to their heart.
Speaking toPeoplein December, Shannon shared that she carried an urn containing Cardwell’s ashes whenever possible.
And when it wasn’t possible, they kept her close by wearing jewelry containing her ashes.
After a long-winded court battle, Shannon was officially awarded custody over Kaitlyn in September 2024.
Then came the hard part for Shannon: raising a grieving adolescent while also being overwhelmed with grief.
You were never there to see it.
You were always at work.'"
Shortly after the heartbreaking conversation, Anna moved in with her grandmother and stayed there until 2012.
According to Shannon, they had kept his dark side hidden from the cameras.
“I never hurt any kid,” he said.
