Community Throws Parade for Truck-Loving Toddler Ahead of Open-Heart Surgery. ‘He Still Talks About It,’ Dad Says

Community Throws Parade for Truck-Loving Toddler Ahead of Open-Heart Surgery. ‘He Still Talks About It,’ Dad Says

“He was just having a great time," Easton Dirienzo's dad tells PEOPLEThe Dirienzo family.Credit: Andrew DirienzoNEED TO KNOWOn March 29, a Wisconsin community organized a parade for a 2-year-old boy ahead of his open-heart surgeryThe toddler has a congenital heart defect, but that didn't stop him from cheering on the passing firetrucks and police cars"He still talks about it," dad Andrew Dirienzo tells PEOPLEAs a two-year-old boy awaits open-hea…