CALDWELL, Idaho — A 5-year-old Caldwell boy is fighting for his life, and now his family finally has the news they’ve been praying for: a bone marrow donor match.

Back in May, Levi Hillius woke up in the night with severe leg pain. The next morning, his mom, Ashlie, noticed he looked pale and rushed him to the doctor. That same day, blood tests revealed something devastating.

“They told us he had acute myeloid leukemia,” Ashlie said. “It was high-risk and rare, and we learned that news in the same exact room where doctors told us our daughter had a brain tumor.”

Levi’s type of leukemia is rare, affecting just 0.3% of children, and is resistant to chemotherapy. Because of how severe his case was, doctors in Boise arranged for him to be flown by life flight to St. Jude Children’s Research

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