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

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Attention: Regarding Kim's Immunity and Such

REGARDING VISITS & KIM'S IMMUNE SYSTEM WHILE SHE IS AT HOME:

ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AT A TIME CAN COME INSIDE TO SEE KIM. ANY MORE THAN THAT CAN VISIT WITH HER OUTDOORS, WEATHER PERMITTING.

KIM CAN'T GO ANYWHERE INDOORS, OR WHERE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, OR DUST, OR BASICALLY ANYTHING ELSE. SHE'S BASICALLY MORE VULNERABLE NOW THAN SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

NO VISITORS WITH HEADACHES, COUGHS, SOAR/SCRATCHY THROAT, STUFFY/RUNNY NOSE, FEVERS, STOMACH CONCERNS OR OTHERWISE NOT FEELING WELL.

IF YOU WILL BE COMING INSIDE, PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS IMMEDIATELY.

PLEASE TRY NOT TO TOUCH HER OR BREATHE ON HER OR EVEN THINK TOO HARD ABOUT HER. HER IMMUNE SYSTEM REALLY IS AT ZERO, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO SENDS HER BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.

PLEASE DO NOT STAY TOO LONG. I KNOW SHE DOESN'T SHOW IT, BUT SHE STILL WEARS OUT EASILY. WHAT SHE REALLY NEEDS TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW IS RELAXING.

THANKS!

-THE MANAGEMENT
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