Emily’s Story

Site created on March 21, 2022

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. 

March 16, 2022 Emily was diagnosed with stage 3a breast cancer.  This past week has been an emotional whirlwind of doctors appointments, tests and learning things we wished we never had to know.  But all that has been blanketed by love and prayers from so many of you that have brought about a peace that only God can bring.   God has been working behind the scenes throughout Emily’s life to build the strongest support system ever, and we appreciate all the calls, texts, acts of service, and most importantly prayers. 

 Please continue to pray for strength to get through and for God to reveal his plan for us each and every day.   Thank you for visiting.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Matthew Dupree

All praise and glory to God!!

Emily is out of surgery and doing great.  We decided it was best for us to stay the night in the hospital with the professionals to make sure her pain was in check before going home to the rookie nurse.  We will likely be discharged tomorrow around lunch time. 

God aligned everything perfectly and she was able to get both the mastectomies and the reconstruction completed today!!🙌🙌

She is eating, drinking, walking, and smiling.  She’s already eaten a kids meal from Chick-Fil-A, and even played with the toy!

She is in some pain and her arm movement will be restricted for a while during the healing process, but we thank God that all went well and we are on the other side of surgery and on the road to recovery. 

A big shout out to all those who have been helping with the kids this week.  You have turned this difficult time into a blessing to them and to us.  

Thank you all for the prayers.  Keep them coming!!  Specifically for healing and comfort over the next few days/weeks.  God is hearing each prayer and acting on each one. 


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