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 10, 2010

Quick Update

I'm sorry- at this rate, I am going to break all of you of the habit of keeping an eye on Kim, and we still need you for one more round!
We've been having a great time with Kim home. As I've said, she still doesn't have much energy, and has a lot of recovering still to do, but compared to where she was a month ago- a week ago- and even just a few days ago she is doing much better. It's such a wonderful miracle.
Kim got to stay at home an extra week, because although most of her blood counts have come back well, she still has very few platelets. We don't really know why this is. However, although they would like her to have more of them, they are going to start her on the FINAL ROUND of chemo on FRIDAY.
This round is going to be a little different from the first four. They will keep her at the hospital for about two days to administer the chemo, but then they will send her home for five days as to let the effects set in. Then she goes back to the hospital for a few more days of chemo, and the rest of the "ride as we know it."
She is, of course, a little nervous that she will have complications again this round. All of us are. But I am hoping that this will be as relatively smooth as the first few were, and she can consider all of this an event of the past.
As always, thank you all so much for your love and support. We couldn't do this without you!
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  1. Don RawlinsonFebruary 10, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    Best Wishes Kim! We will be thinking about you on Friday and the days after.
    Love you,
    Don and Lois

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