Rodeo star Spencer Wright’s son opens eyes, lifts head days after river accident

The three-year-old son of rodeo star Spencer Wright was capable of raise his head and open his eyes after an accident left him unconscious for a number of days, in accordance with CBS Information affiliate KUTV. 

Levi Wright was using a toy tractor by a creek close to their house on Could 21 when he veered too near the water and was swept away, CBS Information beforehand reported. He was swept away a mile downstream, the place he was discovered unconscious. 

The toddler was airlifted to Major Kids’s Hospital, the place he stays, in accordance with social media posts from his mom, Kallie Wright. On Friday, she wrote that “LEVI WOKE UP!” after days unconscious. 

“We do not know a lot however the physician mentioned it was okay for me to get enthusiastic about that and I AM!” she wrote. “My child is so robust!” 

Just a few hours later, Wright clarified that Levi had “opened his eyes for a time frame, wiggled with function and fewer like only a reflex as earlier than” and mentioned the household nonetheless had a “lengthy and great street forward.” 

“Spencer and I felt like he knew we have been there and will hear us,” Wright wrote. “He is been fairly sedated since then however has nonetheless had small intervals of awakeness. He truly wakened throughout us speaking to one of many docs about his love of excavators and tractors!” 

Wright mentioned on Friday night that Levi had had an MRI that “wasn’t good” and confirmed outcomes that left her and her husband “shattered.”  

“It’s simply photographs that recommend a sure high quality of life,” she wrote. “Our actual teller of all will likely be what Levi does over the course of some days. Please proceed to wish! I am not giving up on my child simply but.” 

Wright mentioned she continues looking for experience from neurologists and different professionals and that she and her husband plan to share fewer updates within the coming days. 

Kallie and Spencer Wright have three youngsters collectively, together with Levi. Spencer Wright, 33, is ranked No. 40 on the planet in saddle bronc using.