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, January 5, 2011

Today was the day! Kim is officially a Baldy again :) Her hair made a rapid nose dive over the past couple days and today she had mom take the shears to her head. Sad to say, those two have not been the most technologically helpful people this week, so I don't have any new pictures for you, but that's what this weekend will be for!

Aside from that, Kim has still been very sick today, and has been kept drugged up for most of the day. Because it's so important for her to keep her weight up, they're doing everything they can to keep nutrition in her body. They've started her on IV nutrients, too- TPN and Lipids. They help.

We haven't heard anything new about her bone marrow transplant. Mostly likely, they will make the decision about her donor when they get the results for the bone marrow test she'll take once her blood counts have recovered. For now, they're all still dropping, so it will most likely be a couple more weeks.

For those of you who are a little new to all of this, I am planning to get a summary of her story up, as I know I tend to jump into the middle of things every time I post. Thank you all, anyway, for the love and support. She's a trooper, but can't do it without all of you!
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