Evans Funeral Home Anna Grace Phelan shared one final update with her followers about one week before her family announced her death on May 24 The TikToker said that her tumor grew and it's in an area that can't be operated on Phelan said she wasn't "giving up yet" before then thanking all of her followers for their prayers Anna Grace Phelan never gave up hope while living with brain cancer. The influencer, 19, shared one final update on her health journey with her nearly 400,000 followers onTikTokabout one week before her family announcedher deathon Friday, May 23. "Things haven't been good. My tumor grew and it's in the area where I can't breathe and it can't be operated," Phelan explained in part. "So, I just want to say thank you for all the prayers. It would take a miracle, but I'm not giving up yet. If you keep praying for me, I think that I'll make it." Related:TikToker Anna Grace Phelan Dies at 19, Less Than a Year After Brain Cancer Diagnosis Anna's fight Facebook Later in the video, Phelan shared with her followers how she'd been feeling. "I don't see very well. I don't walk or shower alone, or eat alone," she said in the clip. "My whole right side is numb... that's pretty much where we're at," she continued in part. "I'm not doing cancer pills right now, there isn't [sic] options for me." She concluded, "So we're just going to hope and pray that I get better soon... so yeah, just keep me in your prayers. It will take a miracle, but thank you all." The Georgia-based influencer uploaded her update on May 14, shortly before her family announced her death in a post shared to her account on May 24, one day after she died, per herobituary. "It is with great sadness to announce that our beautiful daughter, Anna Grace Phelan, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," the familypenned. "So many of you have followed her journey through a difficult battle with cancer and bore witness to her powerful testimony of faith." "Thank you for the countless thousands of prayers for healing and peace," they continued. "May we all rejoice with the assurance that she is in Heaven now, and she has been healed. Let us also remember that the only path to the promised kingdom of Heaven is through salvation in Jesus Christ." Related:Influencer Who Was Diagnosed with Incurable Colon Cancer Dies at 21 Anna's fight Facebook Phelan, originally from Florida, began posting her cancer journey on social media when she started experiencing symptoms last summer before college. According to aGoFundMepage set up in her name, Phelan was eventually diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant brain tumor that was categorized as a glioma, a growth of cells that starts in the brain or spinal cord, according to theMayo Clinic. In aTikTokvideo, Phelan said that her early symptoms included numbness on one side of her face and in one of her legs. She got an MRI scan, which showed a lesion on her brain. Her cancer eventually showed in a brain biopsy. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Anna's fight Facebook "This is definitely the hardest news I've ever received," the content creator said in anotherTikTokannouncing her cancer diagnosis in September 2024. "By all means, this is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward." Per the obituary, Phelan is survived by her parents,William "Buddy" Phelan and Nadine Phelan, her brother Harper Phelan, her four grandparents, and "a host of aunts, uncles and cousins, who love her very much." Read the original article onPeople