Darnells 'Overwhelmed' by Support
Shane and Tracy Darnell, of Yorkville, thanked those who attended Saturday's fundraiser for their 2-year-old son, who has had several surgeries related to a heart defect.
Two-year-old Hunter Darnell got a day-pass from his medical treatment facility to attend a fundraiser in his family’s honor Saturday at the Kendall County Fairgrounds. The little blonde boy is just days (or weeks) from being able to go home for outpatient therapy. Hunter Darnell, who was born with a severely underdeveloped ventricle in his heart, suffered a complication this summer during surgery that caused his brain to lose oxygen for a time period, his father, Shane Darnell, said. His progress is just “the tiniest of steps right now,” his mother, Tracy Darnell, said Saturday during the fundraiser. “Each day’s a new day, and we just hope for the best,” Tracy Darnell said. Tracy Darnell said she knew organizers were putting “heart and …
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