Former Governor Edwin Edwards has been moved to hospice but his wife Trina says the 93-year-old life-long Democrat is still doing well and is not imminently close to death.
On Talk Louisiana, Trina Edwards, Edwin’s wife, told Jim Engster Edwin has been losing some strength in recent weeks and agreed to place himself in hospice care but is still in good spirits.
“The only reason that we put him in hospice is that he has been in a wheelchair for a while and it was getting a lot hard for me to lift him and get him around,” said Edwards.
Edwards said the decision was made after a drop in Edwin’s blood pressure had her bring her husband to the hospital out of an abundance of caution.
“Our doctor suggested hospice because it would be easier to treat him at home and it would also give me help when I need help to get him up for bathing and stuff like that,” said Edwards.
Trina said mentally the Cajun Prince is as sharp and clever as ever and in a press release Edwin Edwards stated that he’s still planning on celebrating his 95th birthday next year.
“One of my good friends is a nurse and she has been coming here every day to help me take care of him and she just stopped by and he says he’s going to divorce me and marry her so he is still in good spirits, he’s still joking and cutting up,” said Edwards.
Edwin Edwards served the first of his four terms in office in 1972 with his final term ending in 1996. He then went to federal prison following a corruption conviction in 2000 and was released in 2011.
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