The daughter of Australian reality TV stars had an early sign of a rare malignancy that was a chronic bruise.
Following their debut on the competitive cooking program My Kitchen Rules, Carly Saunders and Tresne Middleton became reality TV sensations in Australia. But what made them well-liked celebrities Down Under was their eight-year IVF struggle, which they recorded on their Instagram page.
On June 2, 2021, the couple had a daughter, Poppy Grace. Poppy, however, was diagnosed with infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia not long after she was born, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “cancer of the blood and bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.”