Declan William Franks

WEST TOPSHAM- Declan William Franks passed away on April 14, 2023, surrounded by family at Boston Childrens Hospital after courageously fighting for 9 months and 7 days. Declan was born on July 7, 2022, to Danielle and Curtis Franks and resided in West Topsham Vermont with them and his two sisters. Declan “Bubba” was born with a congenital heart disease, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and a lung disease, Pulmonary Hypertension. He had many cardiac interventions starting when he was just 4 hours old up until he was 8 1/2 months old. He also had 2 open heart surgeries but ultimately went into cardiogenic shock and then cardiac arrest which in turn, he developed brain injuries too significant to overcome, on top of his lung and heart disease. Bubba had a large personality. He was always smiling, watching his sisters play, rolling around so he could grab anything within reach and cuddling with his mom every chance he got. If he was relaxing, then you could expect to find him watching Elmo or Moana, or...