Rodeo Star Spencer Wright's 3-Year-Old Son Tragically Dies After Being Removed From Life Support: 'This Baby Boy Moved Mountains'
The Wright family said their final goodbyes to precious 3-year-old Levi.
Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife, Kallie, said their final goodbyes to the couple's 3-year-old son, Levi, who died after being removed from life support weeks after driving his toy tractor into a Utah river.
The family held out hope as long as they could, sharing updates about his well-being after being hospitalized in critical condition following the accident on May 21, RadarOnline.com has learned. Levi died on June 2, family friend Mindy Sue Clark shared in a heartbreaking update.
"Levi was the absolute best little boy. It's going to be tough navigating life without him," she told PEOPLE.
The 3-year-old's family includes his parents and siblings, sister Steeley, 5, and brother Brae, 9 months.
"I cannot even begin to explain how hard the last two weeks have been. From the moment my phone rang the night of his accident, to last night receiving the message that he had to go," Clark shared in a separate Facebook post.
"I don't want to focus on the bad or sad, even though it feels like someone ripped my heart out and squeezed it right in front of me. I want to focus on the many miracles we all got to bear witness to in those 12 days," she added.
"Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people surrounded our best little buddy, lifted him up in prayer, and threw their loving arms around Levi and his family. We've never seen or experienced anything like it. I don't know that we will ever be able to process it fully."
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The toddler's death comes two weeks after he accidentally drove his toy tractor into a Utah river.
RadarOnline.com previously learned that the Beaver County Sheriff's Office as well as first responders were able to locate the boy and life-saving measures "were administered on the scene" in a desperate attempt to keep him breathing.
Spencer was ranked 35th in the world in 2023 by ProRodeo.
Levi was later air-lifted to a children's hospital. Kallie said her son seemed to be improving when he miraculously awoke after being declared brain dead, but ultimately his MRI "wasn't good" and he never regained consciousness.
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"We're shattered but it is just images that suggest a certain quality of life." she revealed. "Our real teller of all will be what Levi does over the course of a few days."
Kallie announced on June 2 that she and Spencer made the devastating decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment after "multiple conversations with the world's best neurologists and millions of prayers."
After several sleepless nights, lots of research, multiple conversations with the world's best neurologists & millions of prayers we are here in the face of our biggest fear. Levi showed us just enough to buy us time for all of this. We prayed those things were him defying odds & proving to us that he wanted to stay here but we see now he wanted to give us time to find peace with letting him go. I told you my baby was thoughtful & considerate, I truly believe he did that for us. During this time he brought out humanity across the nation, he dropped so many to their knees & reminded them what truly matters in this world. It kind of gives that T-rex strength a whole new meaning, doesn't it? Here soon I'll climb into bed with my baby and hold him as he falls asleep for the last time on this earth. I find comfort in knowing he will be restored to the perfect little boy he was & have the ability to do all the things he loves! I know there are Angels up there waiting to hold him until I can again! We will miss him every second of every day down here but feel without unwavering doubt this is the best thing we can do for him! We love you baby beans and I can't wait till the day you can "work the ground" with me again!
Posted by Kallie Wright on Sunday, June 2, 2024
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