The community is rallying behind a Selwyn teenager who was seriously injured last Thursday night (December 12) when the pickup truck he was driving left the roadway on Highway 28 in Douro-Dummer Township, leaving the vehicle on its side in a ditch and pinned up against a tree.
A GoFundMe campaign has raised over $36,000 in three days on behalf of Brady Hunt, who has been in a medically induced coma at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
According to Holly Wilson, who organized the fundraising campaign on behalf of the 17-year-old and his family, Brady suffered extensive injuries to his chest as well as a broken femur.
“We are praying that Brady does not have any brain injuries when he wakes up from his coma,” Wilson wrote. “Doctors believe that Brady will be at Sunnybrook for a minimum of a month. He has a long road ahead of him. Steph, Dustin, Bree and Grandparents have not left his side.”
According to an update to the GoFundMe campaign posted by Brady’s mother Steph on Monday (December 16), his condition was stable enough for doctors to operate on his broken femur.
“He did amazing and surgery was very successful,” she wrote. “Hoping within the next few days he will be slowly waking up!”
Funds from the GoFundMe campaign will be used to assist Brady with his recovery and future needs.
“We would like to thank everyone for your loving thoughts,” Steph wrote in her update. “Brady is a fighter and we can’t wait for the day he can thank you himself. We appreciate everything this amazing community is doing for all of us.”
