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

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Kim is alive and well

At least she is working on being well. Yesterday we should have said that it was day twelve of round five because of the split in this chemo round. Horray the docotors have finally found something that helps Kim's pain and she is dealing with itchy skin and they have also found something that helps with that. Both are side affects of the antibiotics that she has been taking. Her blood pressure is doing great and it looks like the antibiotics have got the infection under control. We had a little excitement when we plugged in her heating pad and took out the power in her room. We thought we were in big trouble when we had to call the engineers to flip the breaker and turn it back on again. But they said that it happens and it was no big deal. Kim has been doing great and send you all her love.
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  1. mommynolanFebruary 25, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    I guess my comment from yesterday got lost, oh well. I am very glad the last of the chemo has been administered and you are getting through the aftermath. Everyday you are one day closer to coming home and getting on with your life. Keep fighting Kim, we love you, Renee and Pat

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  2. Don RawlinsonFebruary 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    It all sounds wonderful, dear Kim. Keep it up! We love you.
    Don and lois

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