Mama June , Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird , Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and Jessica Shannon are recalling Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell 's final days before her death . ET's Rachel Smith spoke with the reality stars ahead of the return of Mama June: Family Crisis , and they gave insight into how Anna's last days battling cancer played out. Anna died in December after battling stage 4 adrenal carcinoma .
The mom of two was 29. In the days leading up to Anna's death, her family recalled, she wanted to take a trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, despite the possible ramifications of such an adventure. "We took a family trip to Gatlinburg in the end of November.
We were only home four days after that [before she died]," Mama June told ET. "We knew the risk of taking Anna to Gatlinburg, but she kept begging us." "The hospice nurse did let us know this is going to lessen her time, taking this massive trip to Gatlinburg [because] that's stress on her body," Lauryn noted, before Mama June chimed in, "But she wanted it, so we did.
" When the group returned from the trip, things quickly declined for Anna. "[She was] having panic attacks because she feels like she can't breathe," Lauryn said. ".
.. She [couldn't] even lie down because the cancer was so compressed on her organs that she had trouble breathing.
" Through it all, though, Anna kept her sense of humor. "She was cracking jokes the day before. She was cracking jokes.
She was like, 'Mama, you're being too damn loud!'" Alana recalled. "And then s.