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

Fun with Kim at Home



Well, I have filled you in as to Kim's condition up through Monday. Now I need to give you Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday's news. (This is why you should never let yourself get behind!)
Kim has been balancing her resting up/building her blood counts and her catching up with life at home. It's been tricky, but I think she is having a good time.
I know this is going to sound a little crazy to some of you, but as Kim can really only do things at our house, or out of doors away from people, we decided to try going for a hike. So, Tuesday evening our family drove to the Wind Caves trail head and set off. We were worried that Kim would have too hard a time with it, but she really did well. We took it easy and had a great time.
Wednesday Kim spent a bit of time catching up with friends from high school. She's seen a few other people here and there as well.
And today Kim, Mom and I went on another hike, Crimson trail. We spent most of the afternoon out, and though it was pretty tiring for her, she once again did well with it. She really enjoys getting out in the fresh air and getting a chance to relax.
Tonight, we celebrated Mom's birthday (Aug 11th) and my birthday (Aug 17th) as Kim missed both of those. Though we are still missing Mike, our missionary, it is so great to have Kim home for a while. Even that much family is something we've really missed this past month.
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