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

Friday, February 12, 2010

Here we go again

Hey everyone, it's Kim. Mom and I just got back to PCMC today to start the next and final round of chemotherapy. I should be starting the first dose any minute now. I'll be getting four doses of the lovely chemo ARA-C, fingers crossed for no rash! I'll also be getting a chemo shot. I have no idea how I'll react to that. But if all goes well I should be home on Sunday. I'll go back next Friday to finish the treatment and stay for count recovery.

So it's later. Mom and I have been watching the opening ceremony for the winter olympics. To my great surprise I just had another kidney stone. Holy cow. That might explain the bad pain I've had this week. That's what my nurse thinks. Well, at least that clears that up. No more excitement. Wow.

My great grandma (and I do mean great, she's awesome) was over in the University hospital for congestive heart failure, caused by a bad valve. Mom and I went over to see her before admitting me. I also got to see my grandma. It was good see them. I felt way bad to see my great grandma hooked up to those machines. She told me that if I could do it, then she could do it too. Go grandma!
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  1. mommynolanFebruary 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    We hope all went well last night and that it will again today. As always we are praying for you and your family.
    All our love, Pat and Renee Nolan

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