The community is rallying around a Youngsville woman facing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis after years marked by profound personal loss.
In mid-January, Francine Gauthier went to the emergency room with symptoms she could not ignore. What she believed might be temporary instead became a life-altering diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
As she begins treatment, Gauthier is also carrying the weight of grief after losing both of her children and becoming the primary caregiver for her two young grandsons…