By July, the baby boy born to Amber and her husband in April was no longer just a new arrival in Ammon, Idaho. He was a patient on his way to Salt Lake City, where an MRI would show brain tumors. Now, about seven months old, he is at home with visiting nurses, and his parents are making the drive to Utah for chemotherapy, East Idaho News reported on Nov. 12.
The tumors are a type called pilomyxoid astrocytoma. The same report says an anonymous Secret Santa, who is giving away $1 million in eastern Idaho this Christmas season, asked the news team to surprise the family.
A New Baby in April, Then Fluid on the Brain in July
According to East Idaho News, the couple’s son was born in April 2026. The article does not name him or give the parents’ ages, and it identifies the mother by her first name, Amber.
The first sign of trouble came in July, when fluid was found in the baby’s brain. The report says he was then flown to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, the Intermountain Health children’s hospital that describes itself as offering comprehensive specialty care for children and sits at 100 North Mario Capecchi Drive in the Utah capital…