During a Thursday press conference, DeSantis announced the good news, remarking emotionally that 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 acknowledged there was still "more stuff to do" but celebrated the big "milestone" in her treatment.
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“She’s doing well, and we look forward to continuing to have good news over the ensuing weeks and months,” the governor said. “It’s not the most fun thing to see someone go through, but at the end of the day, she’s fought really hard. We think she’s responded very well.”
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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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DeSantis’ spokeswoman Christina Pushaw also announced the news on Twitter. DeSantis first announced his wife’s diagnosis in October of last year, pledging to give his "unwavering support" to his wife as she fought the disease. "As she faces the most difficult test of her life, she will not only have my unwavering support but the support of our entire family, as well as the prayers and well wishes from Floridians across our state," DeSantis said in a statement at the time. "Casey is a true fighter, and she will never, never, never give up."
Casy’s story even inspired others in the public spotlight, like well-known Tampa radio host Drew Garabo, who said he went public with his diagnosis following in the footsteps of the first lady.
CDC data shows 131,409 Florida women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. The rate of 438 per 100,000 is nearly four times higher than the national rate of 127 cases. The governor has previously said a lesson to be learned is that people should take their screening appointment seriously since it can potentially save their lives.
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Critics, including prominent Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, attacked DeSantis online last month as being "missing" on December 29 amid a spike in the COVID-19 Omicron variant, but it was revealed by a spokesperson for the governor that he was accompanying his wife to cancer treatment that day.
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