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, January 5, 2010

Hi everyone! Sorry I neglected my posting for a few days. When Kim very first moved back to ICS, she was just starting her fever again, and I was worried she would start struggling again- so I sort of held my breath, and held off on posting for a little bit, and then things came up. No more procrastinating!
Though she is still feverish on and off, overall she is still progressing bit by bit. The past couple of days have been slower, of course. Right now she's just gradually trying to get some strength back. They still have her on the feeding tube, but she has been able to come almost all the way off of her oxygen. We're really just waiting for her counts so start to come up, and her fevers to go away.
She had a CT scan on Sunday, and we got the results back for that today. They scanned her whole body, but didn't see anything bad. No obvious infection, swelling, or trouble of any kind. I am hoping the fever is just a result of building white blood cells, but I guess we will see. Her ANC was still at zero, and white blood cells alone were at just 200. But she will come up.
Just so that all of you know... Kim really is getting better, and though she's still the same girl we know and love, she's still a long way away from being herself again. She's so tired and weak, so please don't expect too much of her for a while yet. Not even texts, though she might try now and then. I'm just hoping that she'll be able to recover well, and hopefully before too long. She still has one more round of chemo to go. But the progress she Has made has been incredible. I know that more people are praying for Kim than we even realize. And I thank you all, so much. I know it has made a world of difference. I will keep you updated,
Love, Emily
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