‘He was constantly thinking of others’


Levi Wright will be remembered as an “exceptionally thoughtful and considerate” boy, mom Kallie Wright wrote in a moving obituary after the death of her 3-year-old son.

Levi suffered a severe brain injury on May 21, after driving his toy tractor into a Utah creek near their home. Twelve days later, on June 2, Kallie Wright and her husband, rodeo star Spencer Wright, made the difficult decision to remove Levi from life support.

In his obituary, which was shared by his mom on social media, Levi’s family said that he was “constantly thinking of others.”

“His heart was pure, tender and oversized,” the obituary read. “Levi loved his big sister, Steeley, and playing with her was one of his greatest joys. They were instant best friends. The verdict was still partially out on his baby brother, Brae, but Levi often asked to ‘hold baby.’”

He was also a “die hard Grandma’s boy” and often asked to go to her house and would attend church with her.

Levi’s other interests and talents included colors, counting to seven and being his dad’s “right hand man.”

“His Dad was who he looked up to most; he wanted to be just like him and was well on his way,” the obituary shared. “He had a passion for tractors, excavators, skid steers and all heavy equipment, even his music choice followed suit-he was always asking to play Big Green Tractor and The Excavator Song.”

Levi also loved dinosaurs, with the obituary sharing that he “recently convinced himself he was a TRex” and was beginning to start “roaring at people when he was too shy to speak to them.”

“He was rarely seen without his cowboy hat and boots,” the obituary added. “He had just acquired his own horse and was beginning to enjoy family horse rides.”

The family thanked the volunteers and first responders that helped with Levi’s search and rescue, as well as the staff at Primary Children’s Hospital.

Details surrounding Levi’s funeral services will not be made public.

Kallie spoke out about the death her son in a June 6 Facebook post, writing in part, “Unless you’ve been to my place, it’s hard to paint a picture of how something like this can happen.”

“There is a creek that runs through our 24-acre property and separates our house from Grandma and Grandpa’s,” Kallie wrote, noting that the family gets across on a concrete road.

“Water only runs through for a short time during the year and can change overnight,” Kallie wrote. “Levi did not do anything he hasn’t done before, but this time, the water was at its peak & strong enough to push his tractor off the road into the creek as he drove through.”

On the day of the accident, Levi asked his mom if he could ride his tractor. In her post, Kallie said that she told him yes, but that he couldn’t go near the creek.

“That’s a decision that will haunt me for the rest of my life. In that moment he was my responsibility alone,” Kallie wrote. “Whether I went back to check on my sleeping baby, swap the laundry, wash a bottle or put away lunch, I honestly don’t know. Whatever it was, wasn’t more important than following him that day.”

“Although I’m a firm believer that our stories are written long before we reach this earth & that our Lord will take us when he’s ready, I will lose sleep over this for eternity,” she continued. “But with this, I know 3 things to be true. 1. I am not a perfect mom but I am a good mom. 2. My little boy loved me with all he had. 3. Never say never because it only takes seconds and it can happen to you too.”

“I pray anyone who judges me or has hurtful words to say never finds themself on the receiving end of a nightmare like this.”

Clark confirmed to People that Levi passed away on June 2.

“Levi Spencer Wright — March 24, 2021-June 02, 2024,” Clark wrote on Facebook. “The most perfect three year old there ever was. So perfect we didn’t get to keep him. This baby boy moved mountains the last 12 days. He brought so many people together. In a world so dark, we got to see light at the hands of a child. He’s everything his mom and dad could’ve wanted him to be.”

After several sleepless nights, lots of research, multiple conversations with the world’s best neurologists & millions…

Posted by Kallie Wright on Sunday, June 2, 2024

In a Facebook post June 2, Kallie announced that she and Spencer made the decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment after “multiple conversations with the world’s best neurologists and millions of prayers.”

“Here soon, I’ll climb into bed with my baby and hold him as he falls asleep for the last time on this earth,” Kallie wrote. “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!” she continued. “We will miss him every second of every day down here but feel without unwavering doubt that this is the best thing we can do for him!”

Kallie included a video of herself and Levi driving around on a piece of agricultural machinery. In the clip, she kisses Levi’s cheek and asks, “Are you my best bud?” to which he replies, “Yeah!”

The Beaver County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on May 21 that a child had driven a toy tractor into a river.

“To whoever decided to spend close to an hour reviving him and not giving up. I’d hug you if I could,” Kallie wrote on Facebook. She referred to all the first responders as “mine and Levi’s angels.”

Kallie posted several updates from the hospital, and said that she and Levi’s dad were exploring different therapies for their son.

“Please for one second don’t think we haven’t fully done our homework, it has been nonstop,” Kallie shared. “I’m going to close with, no parent in this situation ever ‘gives up’ on their child.”

This article was originally published on TODAY.com

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