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

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Christmas!












Time has flown by so quickly now that Kim is home. I am sorry I haven't been writing- I know many of you miss hearing how she is doing. In my enjoyment of Kim, I've forgotten to share!






We were finally able to have Christmas on Saturday. We went all 0ut- Christmas eve the night before, traditionally Christmas jammies, and lots of yummy Christmas food. It was great to finally be able to give each other the presents that we bought months ago, and to watch Kim open all of the loving gifts that so many of you picked out for her- thank you all!






I am going to post a few pictures from that day, and then start to give you a few updates as to what we've been up to in the week since (though it really hasn't been much- it's such a slow recovery process.)






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  1. mommynolanFebruary 5, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    It all just makes me smile. I am so very grateful to a Kind Heavenly Father for having blessed all of us with Kim's recovery. Keep going Kim-one more session to go and then it will all be a distant memory and you can get on with the rest of your life. Then we should all have a great big party and celebrate!

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  2. Don RawlinsonFebruary 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    Thanks for the post, Emily. Kim...you look awesome in the pictures! Glad you had a great Christmas and enjoyed it with your family. Keep running...! We love you.
    Don and Lois

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