'I'm glad I stayed alive.' Dad to donate stem cells to son after surviving suicide attempt

• Since his diagnosis in 2018, 6-year-old Levi has been in and out hospitals with 'some scary episodes.'
• In March 2021, personal stress took a toll on Geovani Galvez, Levi's father. He attempted to commit suicide.
• Doctors told Galvez that a stem cell transplant from him could be the key to saving his son's life.

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INDIANAPOLIS – That morning last July when Geovani Galvez got off work, he was not thinking about what the future might hold for Levi, his 6-year-old son who had been battling cancer for the past four years.