Kodwa ukuba ekuqaleni le ncoko yahamba ngokulula kwaye ilula, emva koko uKelly waqalisa ukuthetha ngokuba lusizi. Uvumile ukuba uninzi ebomini luyoyika ukugula kakhulu.
Olu loyiko lwafika emva koMama wakhe, ongoobani, ngendlela, bengomnye wohlobo olukhokelwayo, wafumana umhlaza wekholoni ngo-2002. Emva kwexesha, oogqirha bafumanisa ukuba yonke into iguqukile ukuba imbi kakhulu kunokuba babecinga ekuqaleni. Umhlaza uye wasasazeka kwii-lymph node. Kodwa waphiliswa emva kwesigulo esiqatha, esathabatha ubomi bakhe obuqhelekileyo kunye naye iminyaka emithathu, ngaphandle kwento yokuba wayenamathuba ama-33 kuphela ama-100 eepesenti.
UKelly wathi ubaleka uye kwagqirha ngalo naliphi na isithuba: "Ndiye kwagqirha okungenani kanye ngeveki ukwenzela ukulinganisa isixa sevithamini B12, kuba sikhuthaza kuye uhlala usempilweni."
UKelly wamfikele ukuba umama unempembelelo enkulu kuyo kunaye nabani na: "Abantu bayakholelwa ngokuzenzekelayo ukuba ukuba ungobomi obumangalisayo nobonwabisayo, kuba ukwi-hollywood. Kodwa, uyazi, umama wayenobomi obunzima kangangokuba ungacinga. Xa ndigqitha kuyo yonke le nto, ndaye ndafumanisa ukuba, ekugqibeleni, usapho lwam yinto yonke endinayo "- emva koko uKeron wancuma.