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

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Bone Marrow Test Results

We finally heard back about her official Leukemia levels. We were really praying that they would be under 15% so she wouldn't need the marrow transplant. As it turns out, she's all the way down to 8%, and still zero showing in her blood. Yay!
In this next round of treatment, she's now trying to get down to 0% in and out. Then she'll just need a couple more months of treatment to ensure that she is really in recession- and it will be back to life as usual for Kim!
I know things have been working so well for her because of all of the support and prayers from all of you. Thank you!
Now, just to get through these next few months... Blue wristband anybody?
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  1. Leslie GregorySeptember 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    I totally want a blue wrist band!! How do I get a hold of one??

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  2. EmilySeptember 15, 2009 at 1:06 AM

    We still have a few more here at the house- if you want to come by or call, I can get you one. (They really are all the rage- heh. I think it would be great if we had to find out how to order more.)

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