Matildas star Kyra Cooney-Cross has revealed that her mother and ‘hero’ has heartbreakingly been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
The Arsenal women’s star published the update on her Instagram account, sharing a photo of her and her mum, Jess, in hospital.
The 23-year-old explained that her mother had been diagnosed with a ‘rare and aggressive’ form of bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma.
‘A few days ago, our world changed forever,’ Cooney Cross wrote on the Instagram post. She also shared a picture of her mother with her younger sisters.
‘My amazing mum, Jess, has been diagnosed with Stage Four cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer).