Kimberly

Kim was diagnosed with AML Leukemia on July 22, 2009, just after she finished high school. She'd been feeling well, just showing a few bruises when she went to Primary Childrens Medical Center for a heart surgery to fix a relatively minor condition she's had since she was born. A blood test before the surgery showed that her blood had been completely taken over by the cancer. They admitted her that day and began treatment right away. She went through five long rounds of chemotherapy, doing relatively well, with the exception of one infection that led to a very scary stay in the Pediatric ICU. She spent almost all of that time in the hospital, with just a few breaks to go home. By the end of March 2010 she was allowed to go home for good- officially in remission! She was so excited to finally go to USU Fall semester, and got strait A's in all of her classes! Psychology, Humanities, Family Finance and ANATOMY. Not a week after finals, at a regular check up at PCMC, her blood tests showed that her cancer was back. And thus began round two- Kim's goal was to make it to a bone marrow transplant. We had found a donor, so all that was left was to get her in remission once more. After three rounds of chemotherapy, her body was no longer strong enough to keep fighting, no matter that her spirit was. She will always be with us. 7:48 pm, March 31, 2011

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Sunday- Chemo Day 2 (of 10)



This picture is of Kim, reading all of the messages everyone has been leaving for her on the blog. Thank you so much!


Today was not overly eventful. Kimberly had two types of chemo (three yesterday) and aside from making her very tired, they don't seem to be bothering her yet (no nausea.)

This morning Mom, Dad, Kim and I had a small devotional type meeting in her room, and members of the Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC) Branch brought us sacrament. They have a small meeting on another floor that we may try to get to in the future, but for now we are very grateful that they do this.

This afternoon a group of Kim's friends came by to see her (thank you so much!) Whitney Bowman, Melissa Fowler, Jess Black, Suzanna A., and James Crane. They brough a cute teddy bear (which has yet to be named) some balloons, and a nice note from Jess's mom. Kim is so lucky to have such kind and loving friends. Their support and encouragement means so much to her!

Later this afternoon, her Uncle Dennis and Aunt Jennifer stopped by to see how she is doing. They said some wonderfully encouraging things, and we were able to have a nice visit with the family. Aside from that, Aunt Jennifer brought Kim chocolate... and you really can't beat that. :)


THANK YOU SO MUCH to friends in Logan who held the special fast for Kim today. (Picture Below!) She read the group message on facebook, and heard about it from her visitors today. We just want Everyone to know that we can feel the blessings from all of your prayers, and it helps so much.
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