[Knocking]
Hi Mr. Hunt.
I’m Christina.
I'm with WestJet.
We know Father’s Day is approaching,
so we got you a little surprise.
[gasps]
To say it was the hardest day of our lives
is an understatement.
That night, I go to the gym and the phone rings
and it’s Neda and says,
you know, “you gotta come home,
Dr. Bretnall is on his way here.”
I meet the doctor actually in the driveway
and I said, you know, this can’t be good.
He says, no Darian’s got leukemia.
We’re told pack your bags,
and I looked at my doctor and I said,
okay we’ll be there tomorrow,
he says - you have to leave right now.
We managed to get a place here at
Ronald McDonald House.
Financially, without this,
as a family we could never afford to be here.
It’s a blessing. It really is.
I coach the Clarenville peewee minor hockey team.
I’ve been coaching them now for a number of years.
For us, hockey is, uh..
It's been everything,
because Darian loves hockey.
The people that we involve ourselves with in hockey are like family.
You know, since November, Darian, myself
We haven’t been on the ice. We haven’t been around the kids playing hockey.
We miss that a great deal.
Immediately Troy called me,
he was telling me in tears
that his son had
just been diagnosed with leukemia.
But he still made time to call me to make sure that I had practice covered.
Darian needed a stem cell transplant.
Troy was a match. He is the donor for Darian.
There is definitely a void with him not being here.
They...
They’re certainly missing him, they’re missing Darian.
It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen our daughter.
We kind of decided that we would try and keep things
as normal as possible for her.
Keeping her around her friends.
It’s been two months since I’ve seen my family.
It gets really lonely.
If I had one wish it would be
that we could bring our family together.
I know we brought you in here today to discuss
some special plans that we want to do for
Troy and Darian when they return home,
but that’s not exactly true.
Thanks to WestJet
we’re leaving today
to go visit Darian and Troy.
Hey guys!
How’s it going? Welcome to Ronald McDonald House!
We’re going to go in and we’re going to be really quiet, ok?
Since coming here on the 28th I haven’t seen my daughter.
You know, my daughter is my princess
I love my little girl
I miss her so much.
[knocking on door]
Hi Mr. Hunt, I’m Christina. I’m with WestJet.
We know Father’s Day is approaching
so we got you a little surprise…
[gasps]
Troy is such a good dad, and a fabulous coach
and I just wanted to give him something
just to show him how much he’s appreciated by everybody.
[tap-tap] Hunt!
[Cheers]
When he woke up this morning, it was a bit of a rough morning
and when he saw his friends,
he went from not feeling great
to probably one of the best days he’s had since he's been here.
It was amazing just watching
watching him interact and smile and be a kid.
When he saw his friends, I saw the light in his eyes
that’s usually there.
He needed it.
I’ll never forget this.
Just watching him interact with his friends
while sitting and having a meal
me sitting with people that I know
having a meal.
It just felt good to be normal again.