Casey DeSantis breaks down in tears as she opens up about her battle with breast cancer and admits her three children still don’t know what she’s been through – and she praises husband Ron’s strong support

Casey DeSantis broke down in tears Thursday as she opened up about her battle with breast cancer and admitted her three children still didn’t know she had the disease.

“About a year and a half ago, I didn’t know if my kids would graduate from kindergarten,” the Florida First Lady told Fox News of her October 2021 diagnosis.

With her husband Ron DeSantis by her side, Casey choked as she told her kids — Madison, Mason, and Mamie — that she injured her arm because she didn’t want them to know.

“The hardest thing for me was having a four-year-old, three-year-old, and one-year-old in the house, and it’s very, very difficult when you look at your kids and they don’t know,” Casey DeSantis said.

Ron DeSantis patted her leg while she tried to say what happened.

“To this day they don’t know, they have no idea what mom went through.” In fact, I’ve had six rounds of chemotherapy, six weeks of radiation, and three surgeries. I couldn’t use my left arm. “I told them, I hurt my arm because I didn’t want to tell them,” she admitted.

She wiped away tears as she described how Ron was by her side the entire time.

“By the grace of God I’m here and this guy has helped me more than he will ever know,” she said.

The Florida governor said the couple appreciated the support they received during their treatment.

“When we made it public, we got a lot of support.” “People were praying for her,” he told Fox News.

After four months of chemotherapy and surgery, Ron announced in January that Casey was cancer-free.