Rodeo star Spencer Wright's son awake after previously being considered brain-dead following river accident

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Saddle bronc riding champ Spencer Wright and his family are clutching onto hope after 3-year-old Levi, feared to be brain-dead after falling off a toy tractor into the Utah River, opened his eyes and lifted his head Thursday night. 

On Thursday, the boy's mother took to Facebook to share the miraculous update to the boy's condition. 

"LEVI WOKE UP! I am shook," mother Kallie Wright wrote. "We don't know how much, but the doctor said it was okay for me to get excited about that and I AM! My baby is so tough!"

Wright family friend Mindy Clark, who has been posting updates about the boy on social media since the child was admitted to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City after his accident Tuesday, explained further in a post of her own. 

RODEO STAR SPENCER WRIGHT'S 3-YEAR-OLD SON HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALLING INTO UTAH RIVER ON TOY TRACTOR

Spencer Wright, 33, is ranked No. 40 in the world in saddle bronc riding. His 3-year-old son Levi remains in critical condition after falling into the Utah River on his tractor. (Stacie Scott/The Desert News via AP)

"He opened his eyes and tried to lift his head," Clark wrote. "The nurse was in the room and they were telling him how much he loved excavators, and wouldn't you know it, there he was."

In another post, Clark said Levi's EEG monitor showed brain activity when he heard his sister's voice telling him "how she was hoping he'd get better and couldn't wait for him to come home." The monitor also reacted when the family played him dinosaur sounds from one of his favorite books and when his mother kissed him, Clark said.

Days earlier, Clark and the family had a darker outlook on the boy's