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

The Thanksgiving Weekend





Saturday we went to Wyoming to visit Mom's family for our annual Thanksgiving get-together. It was a really special day, because almost all of the family was able to come. We were only missing Jeff, Val, and Alissa (and they came up the night before- but had to work on saturday- their other kids were there,) Mike, who is on his mission, and Scott. Vii, Annette and their two kids Jackson and India came over from Georgia, and everyone else made it as well. It's always so much fun to spend time with our family.
This year, grandma made ALL of us hats and scarves. With seven children, their spouses, and 21 grandchildren... that's 35 sets! She's been working on them since this summer, and I have to say, they were a huge success! She is so amazing- a great example to all of her family.
Everyone was so glad that Kim was able to be there. They all care so much about her, and I know we owe much of her success to them. Thank you all, so much!
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