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

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Home again! For a while :)

Great news for Kim! The doctors decided that her counts were looking good enough that she could come home for a while! This is great... because we thought they'd be keeping her longer (what with it being flu season, in addition to some of the complications she's been having.) So, she came home on Sunday afternoon.
She's in great spirits- amazing, after everything she's been going through! I'll have to get an updated picture of her up here so you can see how she's doing.
She'll have a doctor's appointment some time this week at PCMC, and will probably go down next week for her bone marrow test, and then will probably be back at the hospital the week after Thanksgiving- but of course, it could be the week after that if she's not doing well, or even earlier than that if she's Really not doing well! (They want her to recover enough to start round 4 of chemo- so they'll leave her here longer if she's slow to recover. Of course, if she ends up getting sick or something, she'll have to go back...)
We're excited for Thanksgiving, and hoping she'll be able to stay here with us. We'll probably be putting up our Christmas decorations this weekend as well- because Kim loves getting to help with that, and who knows how long she'll get to enjoy it here this year?
Thanks everyone~ we love you!
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  1. Diane WilkinsonNovember 22, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    Hi Kim,
    I am so glad that you are home! I know that must feel good. I hope that your turkey day will be wonderful for you and your family. My prayers are, as always directed your way. Coming over to see you would be a mistake. I think that every kid in the daycare has a cold, ear infection, or something going on. I have a cold too. We were all cheering last week because Jordyn had an ear infection instead of the flu! All a matter of perspective isn't it! We have been spared that so far. Take care and remember that everyone here loves you!
    Diane

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