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

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Family in Salt Lake

Well, we have some good news for the family. Dad was able to get his project at work finished- and it went wonderfully. He'd designed a new machine to make a part for a customer company. They were getting it built and starting their first few productions- and everything went well. Everyone is thrilled with his work, and we are so proud of him. He finished the last of what he had to do today, a little earlier than he thought he might be able to, and he came strait down here to the hospital. It's really nice to have everyone together again. He and mom are at the B&B now, and will probably plan on staying down here all of this next week. I need to go back to work for the first few days of the week, but we're starting to plan on our Christmas here at the hospital.

Kim really hasn't changed her status very much. But, I would like to think that she is getting just a little bit better. She seems to have a little more energy today, and though she still has fevers and the whole nine yards, it just seems like she might be getting a slight edge on it all. KNOCK ON WOOD!

She is still so tired and weak. I'm sorry if any of you are feeling neglected. I know in the past she's been able to keep in close touch with her friends at home. But I think it is going to be a while still before she is up for much more than just trying to get better. We're hoping she can at least get to the point where they'll send her back up to the Immuno-Compromised ward where we usually dwell. We really miss it up there- both the slightly more comfortable surroundings (it was kind of nice having all four walls solid- here, two of them are glass doors with curtains) and the wonderful staff, many of which we've gotten really close to.

It is such a huge relief to no longer be Constantly worrying that she'll stop breathing at any minute. It's still really difficult to know what will come, as they still don't have her infection pinned down, but the slight improvement does wonders for moral. Thank you all again- we couldn't have done it without you.
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