AFL WAG Kellie Finlayson looked glamorous as she attended the John Cahill Medal ceremony on Friday night.
The 28-year-old, who is battling stage 4 bowel and lung cancer, shared a series of images on Instagram as she prepared for the event at home.
She dressed to impress in a long black dress that featured a sheer design on the front.
The mother of three, who is married to port Adelaide star Jeremy Finlayson, also 28, She finished her stunning look with a bright red lip.
Kellie tied her long brunette locks into a high ponytail as she posed at home before attending the event with her AFL star husband.
Jeremy also looked dapper in a black tuxedo, white button-down shirt, and black dress shoes.
The event comes after Kellie opened up about her battle with terminal cancer in a heartbreaking interview on Nova’s. head game podcast with Ant Middleton.
The mother of one bravely told listeners that she didn’t want her life to be “defined by her illness.”
AFL WAG Kellie Finlayson looked glamorous as she attended the John Cahill Medal ceremony on Friday night with her AFL star husband Jeremy Finlayson.
‘If I’m alive, I might as well live. I live on borrowed money. I need to make the most of it,” Kellie said.
Kellie added that she was proud to “thrive” with cancer and was determined not to take her illness and its side effects “one day at a time.”
“I continue to defend this disease that I am literally being treated for,” she said.
‘I’m still a good father. I’m doing all the things a normal parent would do for the most part, and I feel like if I lived day to day or day to day, I wouldn’t be doing myself any favors.
‘As if it weren’t. I guess I want to make sure I’m alive for a reason. If I’m alive, I might as well live. I live on borrowed money. I need to make the most of it.”
Kellie and Jeremy recently sold their Adelaide home for a price well above their expectations.
The couple revealed in August that they were selling their property so they could secure a suitable place to provide home care for Kellie.
The 28-year-old, who is battling stage 4 bowel and lung cancer, was dressed to impress as she arrived in a long black dress which featured a sheer design on the front.
The social media influencer has been battling bowel and lung cancer after being diagnosed with cancer in November 2021 following the birth of the couple’s daughter Sophia.
He underwent several surgeries and chemotherapy after his initial stage 3 diagnosis worsened to stage 4.
In July, she confirmed the sad news that she would have to resume chemotherapy to quickly overcome the cancer, which had begun to grow again after she stopped chemotherapy and radiotherapy in favor of natural and alternative treatments.
The couple sold their home at auction for $915,000, with bidding starting at $700,000 before quickly rising.
The house attracted a lot of interest and was eventually sold to a local buyer.
They purchased the house in May 2022 and hoped to make it their home for many years.
The mother-of-three completed her stunning look with a bright red lip as she posed at home.
“I really wanted a heritage home, like a villa with wooden floors, and this one was in really good condition,” Kellie told Adelaide Now.
“It has the largest backyard in the world and we wanted to expand it, but because of my health that didn’t happen.”
Unfortunately, Kellie’s current illness means the couple needs more space for her care and have decided to look for a rental property.
“This was going to be our forever home, but I guess life had other plans,” Kellie said.
In January of this year, Kellie stopped her chemotherapy and radiation treatments to rely on natural therapies and alternative medicine.
Unfortunately, the severity of his battle with cancer made this impossible.
“Unfortunately, cancer, especially recurrent cancer, grows very quickly, so once we don’t see even a millimeter of growth on a scan for a couple of months, we know that means it’s growing and that means we have have to act accordingly.” ‘Kellie said in a video she posted on TikTok.
Jeremy also looked dapper in a black tuxedo, white button-down shirt, and black dress shoes while posing with Miles Bergman and his girlfriend Meecah.
‘So I usually come out of a meeting with my oncologist and he tells me we’re happy to watch and wait. It is not the case today.
‘I’m going to see a surgeon next week and also a radiotherapist to find out all my options before starting chemo again.
“I guess I’m one of the lucky ones because we know chemo works great for me, but any chemo sucks and it’s not what I want to do.”
Kellie is hopeful that she can control the disease with treatments that will allow her to survive for many years.
‘As long as (the cancer) stays, I feel like I have the potential to have a pretty long life. I got to see Sophia’s 21st birthday!’ she said.
‘I hope to see you on the first day of school. That’s still years away, but it’s more than I anticipated when I first heard the diagnosis.
