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So there isn’t a doubt that bond will strengthen on June 6. That’s when Darryn will obtain a kidney transplant from Arryn at Christ Hospital.
“Man, he’s an incredible sacrifice for me proper now,” mentioned Darryn Chenault. “And he’ll most likely let you know in any other case. He’ll most likely let you know I sacrificed for him. It’s simply love, man.”
That love and sacrifice goes again a number of years, together with the time when Arryn misplaced his father, Ed Chenault. Darryn and his household had been instrumental in Arryn’s life throughout that point.
“After we sit down with out saying it we take into consideration his dad, my brother,” Darryn mentioned. “And we take into consideration all of the issues that he would need for us.”
So it was no shock that Arryn awakened one morning earlier this yr realizing that he was meant to assist his uncle after considerate prayer and dialogue. Darryn discovered in August of his want for a donor resulting from continual kidney illness.
“My dad at all times talked about being honorable and having good character,” Arryn mentioned. “I can use this. This may be my testimony to my youngsters that I coach at Winton Woods about having character, sacrificing and simply doing what’s proper for the group and for your loved ones.”
Arryn mentioned he feels known as to assist Darryn at this second of their lives.
“Truthfully, it’s a blessing,” Arryn mentioned. “It’s an honor to be a donor to your superhero.”
These superhero powers embody Darryn’s greater than 20 years of regulation enforcement service. He’s beginning his 33rd season of teaching highschool soccer.
And he’s a co-founder of the S3C Golf Classic with Dana Parker. The golf occasion sometimes raises $12,000 yearly for a number of charitable causes, together with most cancers analysis, Cincinnati Kids’s Hospital, CancerFree Children, school scholarships and native households in want.
Though Darryn feels drained and fatigued because of the kidney illness, his magnetic character is ever-present. He greeted everybody at Glenview Golf Course with a heat smile and affable nature on the golf occasion final weekend.
“Every little thing that he does is at a excessive degree,” Lakota East head soccer coach Jon Kitna mentioned. “What I’ve discovered about Darryn is that he’s about everyone’s success.”
It’s taken a while however Darryn has discovered to be the receiver with the upcoming surgical procedure. Though he is aware of he wants a kidney, his ideas flip towards Arryn and his household.
However with religion and confidence, Darryn and Arryn are treating June 6 like a recreation day. They’re collectively as teammates.
“This can be a present from the person upstairs,” Darryn mentioned. “This can be a present from my brother who handed away eight years in the past. It’s his son. This can be a present from them. And I received to open up my coronary heart and obtain this.”
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