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

Friday, September 11, 2009

Last Day at Home

Hey Everyone... Kim is counting down her last few hours here at home. She and mom will be driving down to Salt Lake at around 8 in the morning. (Dad and I will be coming down the next day.) We haven't heard back on her marrow test results yet- they'll probably let her know about it once she gets there.
Interestingly enough, the ImmunoCompromised Services Ward at PCMC, where she pretty much dwells, is "booked full" for this weekend, so they're going to have her down a floor on children's surgery for a couple of days. Hopefully a few will clear up in that time- they usually give the AMC patient's their pick of room, when they can (because they end up staying for so long. Most people are only in for a couple of days, week at the most.)
When she does move into her room in the ICS, she's decided that she wants a Beach/Luau/Pirate sort of decorating theme (we're probably going to do something different for each visit, just to keep things a little more interesting.) We'll let you know how that works out.
I won't lie... Kim is really kind of bummed about going back to the hospital. She knows she needs to get on with her treatment, but it's really hard for her to stay cooped up there. Also, the uncertainty about the next step in her treatment (and how well things have been working so far) really has all of us a little worried. But really, I know she will be just fine... Kim is amazing. :) And thank you all for helping her through this!
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