WATCH: First Lady Casey DeSantis Completes Chemo Treatment for Breast Cancer

By  //  January 20, 2022

DeSantis announced the good news during a Thursday press conference

ABOVE VIDEO: DeSantis announced the good news during a Thursday press conference, saying his wife “fought very hard” and “responded very well” to treatment.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (Fox News) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that his wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, completed her chemo treatment for breast cancer.

DeSantis announced the good news during a Thursday press conference, saying his wife “fought very hard” and “responded very well” to treatment.

“She ran that gauntlet, she’s doing well, and we look forward to having more good news over the next few weeks and months,” the Republican governor said.

DeSantis said there was still “more stuff to do” but celebrated the big “milestone” in her treatment.

The Florida first lady announced the milestone in her treatment fighting breast cancer, thanking her husband “for being by my side from the beginning, but especially yesterday as we celebrated my FINAL Chemo Treatment together.”

“I’m grateful, very humbled and blessed,” Casey wrote on Twitter, sharing a video of the speech.

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