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, November 29, 2009

Back for Round 4

Tonight is once again Kim's last night at home for a while. She's going back to Primary Children's in the morning. It's always a little bit of a bummer, but she has high hopes that this will be a short round. She's doing the same cycle of treatment that she did in round 3: five days of chemo and then recovery. She usually does better on a repeat like this. So, hopefully, she'll be back home to enjoy the holidays before we know it!
Right now mom and Kim are packing. They're taking down some nice Christmas decorations to put up in her room.
I know it's hard to be away from home for Kim, and this time of year it's especially rough. If I could ask all of you for a favor, it would just be to keep her in your thoughts and prayers as always, and any emails, texts, cards or presents for her would be really great. Hearing from you is the best way to keep her distracted and encouraged.
Thank you all, so much again- I hope you have a great holiday season!
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