Man defying doctors’ expectations after being granted dream wedding as dying wish
Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Aug 5, 2022
su and lou and they were the ones that helped out with the police escort. They would make *** wish violence here. Yes. Just months after their Myrtle Beach nuptials, dozens of people gathered to celebrate the nicely at the home of the wedding planner, Amanda McDowell who initially helped bring Hunter and Emily’s Dream wedding to life, we didn’t think we were going to come here the first time and then we didn’t know how, how much time we had going home. And now three months later on our anniversary, we’re back here and it’s been really nice. We’ve been able to bring our friends this time and the kids are loving it again and doing things that we didn’t get to do the first time with them and it’s amazing. And while many of us are content celebrating our yearly wedding anniversaries, three months is *** major milestone for this couple. The previous diagnosis and stuff was kind of *** big eye opener and we’ve been, you know, just spending time in making the best of it. So very happy to have as much time as we’ve had. So, since their story aired Emily and Hunters say they have been overwhelmed with the amount of support they received from being featured on People magazine’s website to strangers from all over the world, reaching out to them offering words of encouragement, been *** reminder to us that, you know, we’re not alone and there are people out there that do care. Um, I mean, like I said, we’ve had people messages if they could help that they’re praying for us. Um, just from everywhere. never had anything like that and it really has brought our spirits up and just made the whole process and situation *** lot, *** lot better and happier than we thought it was going to be. Makes me sure that they’re going to be okay with anything that does happen. That’s really all that matters to me. Just *** lot of love to go around for him while Hunter is still battling Becker muscular dystrophy and one of the painful side effects that go with it, heart failure. For now he is defying his doctor’s expectations. I feel *** lot better. They haven’t really given me like, like timelines or anything because it’s kind of like the medicine that I’m on and stuff is supposed to, you know, keep it like you could be on that for *** while while the medication is working to keep his heart pumping. He says, it’s his kids that fill his heart with life, like sunshine every day. I mean we can’t really be sad when we have them and like she said that the kids, that’s really the kids are the main source and they’re both soaking in every moment they can as *** family. It’s very special to us and *** destination here along the grand strand that has become one of their happiest places on earth. The community is always so good when we come down here nice and Mhm Not to mention it’s beautiful so that helps too
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Man defying doctors’ expectations after being granted dream wedding as dying wish
Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Aug 5, 2022
Hunter Knisley was given days or weeks to live before he was granted his dying wish: a dream wedding on the beach. Months later, Knisley and his bride went on vacation to the same beach they got married as he continues to exceed doctors’ initial expectations. “We didn’t think we were going to get to come here the first time and then we didn’t know how much time we had going home. Now three months later, we are back here, we got to bring our friends and the kids are loving it and we are getting to do things we didn’t get to do the first time,” bride Emily Knisley told WPDE. “It’s been amazing.”Hunter Knisley has Becker Muscular Dystrophy, which has caused heart failure. He credits the medication he’s on and this precious time with family for keeping his heart going. The newlyweds, who are from Ohio, say they’re making the best of the time they have with their three children and are celebrating every milestone they’re able to reach. “We are very happy to have had as much time as we have had,” Emily Knisley said. The couple’s story reached People Magazine’s website and strangers around the world have given them support and encouragement. “It means a lot, makes me know they are going to be OK when things do happen that’s really all that matters to me — just a lot of love to go around for them,” Hunter Knisley said.A GoFundMe page has been established for the Knisely family as they enter a future full of unknowns.
Hunter Knisley was given days or weeks to live before he was granted his dying wish: a dream wedding on the beach.
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Months later, Knisley and his bride went on vacation to the same beach they got married as he continues to exceed doctors’ initial expectations.
“We didn’t think we were going to get to come here the first time and then we didn’t know how much time we had going home. Now three months later, we are back here, we got to bring our friends and the kids are loving it and we are getting to do things we didn’t get to do the first time,” bride Emily Knisley told WPDE. “It’s been amazing.”
Hunter Knisley has Becker Muscular Dystrophy, which has caused heart failure. He credits the medication he’s on and this precious time with family for keeping his heart going.
The newlyweds, who are from Ohio, say they’re making the best of the time they have with their three children and are celebrating every milestone they’re able to reach.
“We are very happy to have had as much time as we have had,” Emily Knisley said.
The couple’s story reached People Magazine’s website and strangers around the world have given them support and encouragement.
“It means a lot, makes me know they are going to be OK when things do happen that’s really all that matters to me — just a lot of love to go around for them,” Hunter Knisley said.
A GoFundMe page has been established for the Knisely family as they enter a future full of unknowns.
