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, August 2, 2009

Weekend Update

Dear Friends and Family,

Sorry I haven't had a post up for the past couple of days. It has been a crazy weekend. I am happy to tell you that Kim is still responding well to her treatment, and is nearly through her first round of chemotherapy. (Day 8 of 10)

We are so glad that she still hasn't shown any signs of sickness from it- she just gets very tired sometimes. Her appetite has come back, since being able to come off of some of the chemo (for the first five days, she had three different kinds of chemo- for the last five, she has just one of them.) She is still having a lot of trouble from a rash that she's developed. The doctors can't quite tell what's causing it, but have started trying a few things to help her get rid of it. (Changing her antibiotic, keeping her in the sterile hospital gowns, etc.)

Because of her discomfort there, and her tendancy to tire easily, we wanted to remind friends that it's best to keep visits short. But please don't hesitate to come! Your love and support means so much to us.
I will have more pictures up soon, but here are some lovely flowers that her friend Aaron sent to her. They have to stay at home, but she appreciates them anyway.
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