Keep Running! -Kim: Halloween at the Hospital :)

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 1, 2009

Halloween at the Hospital :)

Last night Kim and I had some fun with some wigs that I brought down for the weekend... I was pretty impressed with how they turned out! We lost a few pictures in the transfer process- we had three wigs that both of us tried on. But here are some fun pics that can clue you in to a few of the good times :) (We managed to have a great time even though Saturday evening brought on a bought of nausea and she threw up three times as we were playing around... such is life!)
I hope all of you had a great Halloween!