A teacher who is also a wife and mother of two young children in Idaho Falls, Idaho, got the surprise of her life recently thanks to a Secret Santa.

Charlotte has been working hard to support her family since her husband Shawn was rushed to a hospital in Utah and doctors discovered he had an extremely high white blood cell count, East Idaho News reported Thursday.

In September, he was flown to a medical facility in Utah and he and his family learned he had chronic leukemia.

According to the Mayo Clinic, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer that affects a person’s blood and bone marrow:

The term “chronic” in chronic lymphocytic leukemia refers to the slower progression of this cancer. CLL typically progresses more slowly than other types of leukemia. The term “lymphocytic” refer

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