There have been good days and bad days lately for former Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
And she knows she is likely to have more bad ones than good ones in the days ahead.
And she knows she is likely to have more bad ones than good ones in the days ahead.
As Blanco announced two weeks ago, she is suffering from a rare type of liver cancer for which no cure exists. She may have only six months to live.
Blanco, 75, a devout Catholic, says she is at peace with her fate, whatever it might be.
“I’ve had an extraordinarily full life,” she told The Advocate during a four-hour visit to her Lafayette home that included dinner.
She was elected twice to the state Legislature, twice to the Public Service Commission and twice as lieutenant governor. She made history when she was elected as the first female governor in Louisiana’s history in 2003.
Though she’s at peace, she added: “I don’t want to leave this Earth. I don’t want to leave my family.”
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