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, November 19, 2009

Books, Blood Counts and Hospital Dates


Hello, my name is Kimberly Nelson. But I think Kimberly is too long, so I just like Kim. Plus, don't you dare call me Kimberly with that "you've got mail" accent, or I will but you in the stomach with my head. So there you go.

Kim has been reading a lot of Junie B. Jones books. They suit her increasinly short attention span well. If you don't know what those are, I would highly recommend reading them- great fun for all ages. Unfortunately, they do tend to make you talk a little weird for a few days after you've read one of them- just so you know.

We heard back from the hospital today as to Kim's latest blood counts- good news! She's all the way up to 600 on her ANC. This means she's out of the danger zone, and gets to cut back on her anti-biotics. She's feeling pretty good. She has a check-up appointment tomorrow, and will go in Monday to have her bone marrow tested. She gets to be home for the family Thanksgiving dinners, and then the doctors have her tentatively scheduled to go back to the hospital on December 1st for round 4. We're really hoping that she'll get through her chemo and recovery quickly this next time, and be home for as much of the Christmas season as possible!

Kim had a rough time in round three, but she's bounced back amazingly well. Once again, we know this is largely in part because of her strong spirit, and the love and prayers of all of you. Thank you, as always.

Much love,
The Nelsons
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