The Real Housewives of Orange County alum Jeana Keough has a major update to share about her tongue cancer battle.
“Jeanna is cancer-free, and that called for a little puppy party. 🤍🐾,” Keough’s friend Jeannine Cecchini wrote via Instagram on Saturday, November 14, alongside a photo showing the women cuddled up to two canine companions. “So grateful to be here celebrating this with you, my friend.”
Cecchini, who added “Cancer Free” and “Jeana Is Cancer Free” hashtags to her post, further noted that she is “looking forward to more” happy days with her friend and amid her cancer update. Keough, 71, shared the upload to her account.
Jeana’s daughter, Kara Keogh, announced in July that the former Bravo personality had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. (Jeana shared Kara, as well as sons Shane and Colton, with late ex-husband Matt Keough.)
“A few months ago, while visiting Shane and me in Florida, my mom mentioned a painful spot on her tongue,” Kara, 37, wrote via a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for treatment. “She assumed a tooth had been rubbing against it and had even gone to the dentist multiple times to have the tooth filed down. I asked her how long the sore had been there. She paused, thought about it, and realized it had been nearly a year.”
She continued at the time, “After surgery to remove the cancer, we were hopeful that the hardest part was behind her. But when doctors recommended a second surgery to remove lymph nodes, they discovered the cancer had spread. What we thought would be a one-time surgery became a full cancer battle. Jeana is now in her fifth week of chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy. The treatments are relentless.”
As Jeana underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment, her three children were dutifully by her side.
“She’s strong through this. She’s got a good support network,” Shane, 40, exclusively told Us in July. “Colton, our younger brother, is there, so she’s on the right path. But you know, it’s tough for everybody, and we’re just trying to make sure she stays on her program so she’s strong when this is done.”
Kara, for her part, told Us that she was hopeful about her mom’s prognosis.
“I think she’ll get cancer to bend to her will, like she does with everything else in life,” Kara joked. “We’re choosing to stay in that mindset. … She refuses to acknowledge that she’s sick, and I think that the cancer will believe her and follow suit.”
