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, December 15, 2009

Intensive Care Unit

Kim has been sent down to the Intensive Care Unit after all. She started having a really hard time again in the night, and they decided to just get her down there so she can be on more medications and machines in hopes of getting her stabalized. As of now, they are not planning on taking her lines out. If everything goes well, she should only be there for about 24 hours.
They are still battling the strep infection. There is a chance it could move to other parts of her body. Between that and her being so weak right now, her fevers have been getting as high as 106.
Mom is the only one who is allowed to be in with her. Also, there are no cell phones allowed in the ICU, so for now they will be a little out of touch.

I will keep you updated.
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  1. Todd and CarolDecember 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    Thank you so much for the updates Emily. We continue to keep Kim and your family in our thoughts and prayers. Tell Kim we love her!

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  2. UnknownDecember 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    We are sending you much love and though we are not the best at family prayers, we are right now!!! We think about you all often!!!
    We love you guys so much!!! Annette, Vii, Jackson & Indy xxxx

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