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

Monday, January 24, 2011

Bone Marrow Aspirate

Kim had her bone marrow aspirate (test) today. We should have the results some time tomorrow, and then we'll have a good idea as to if Kim will get much of a break before her next round of chemo, and how intense that is going to need to be. (WE'RE PRAYING SHE'S KNOCKED THAT LEUKEMIA RIGHT OUT OF HER SYSTEM!!)

She's been feeling better day by day, and for all that she still has trouble with pain and sleeping, and nausea a bit, we can at least be grateful that she hasn't gotten sick. Still no blood counts coming back, but we're hoping it will be just a few days more.

Tomorrow will be an important update. Thank you all for standing by!
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