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, April 13, 2010

Bone Marrow Test

Yesterday Kim went to PCMC for her (knock on wood) very last bone marrow test. We should have the results in a couple of days, and since they are going to show that her blood is still clear (of course!) she will then be able to schedule the procedure to remove her central line. Yay! Just a couple more weeks and she'll practically be normal again! ("Normal" for Kim, that is. Heh.)

We'll let you know as soon as we get the results.

Coming soon: an update on the Relay for Life team. Thanks so much to all of you who have signed up or participated so far! It's going to be a great night.

Love, Emily
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