AFL star Jeremy Finlayson and his terminally ill wife Kellie have made the sad decision to sell their Adelaide home as her wife continues to battle cancer.
The Port Adelaide star and his influential wife, both 28, revealed they were selling their home so they could find somewhere to care for Kellie at home.
“This was supposed to be our forever home, but I guess life had other plans,” Kellie said Adelaide Now.
“It was a really nice space to be in, but we found we needed more space because of the number of people we wanted to have around us and the space we needed for equipment and machinery.”
The couple are now moving with their daughter Sophia to a more suitable home in Adelaide as Kellie continues her treatment for stage 4 bowel and lung cancer.
“I’m fighting for my life every day. I have every reason to lie down and moan, but there’s no point in doing that.”
The social media influencer previously suffered from colon and lung cancer after being diagnosed in November 2021, following the birth of their child Sophia.
After her initial diagnosis at stage 3 progressed to stage 4, she underwent multiple surgeries and chemotherapy.
AFL star Jeremy Finlayson and his terminally ill wife Kellie have made the sad decision to sell their Adelaide home as she continues to battle cancer. Pictured with their daughter Sophia
In January, Kellie began another six months of chemotherapy, but she had since stopped chemotherapy and radiation treatments to focus on natural therapies and alternative medicine.
However, in June she confirmed that she would likely need to resume chemotherapy to tackle further growth of the cancer as quickly as possible.
“Cancer, especially recurrent cancer, unfortunately grows very quickly. If we see a millimeter of growth on a scan after a few months, we know it’s growing and we need to take action,” she said in a TikTok video.
“Normally I walk out of a meeting with my oncologist and he says we want to watch and wait. That’s not the case today.
The Port Adelaide star and his influencer wife, both 28, revealed they sold their home so they could get a place suitable for Kellie to receive home care
“I’m going to see a surgeon and a radiation therapist next week. Just to hear all my options before I possibly start chemotherapy again.”
Kellie says her treatments have slowed the spread of her cancer, but they have missed 100 percent of her first year as a mother to Sophia. Now she faces the prospect of never having children again.
Jeremy said the turmoil of recent years has taken its toll and affected his football career.
The couple and daughter Sophia are now moving to a more suitable property in Adelaide as Kellie continues to battle stage four bowel and lung cancer
