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

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Yesterday brought bigger news than I was expecting! As it turns out, Kim's bone marrow is still 50% Leukemic cells. Not really the greatest results. This means that the next round of chemo they do will be extra rough, and will start as soon as possible. One of the drugs is quite rare, and has to be shipped in. It won't arrive until Monday, so her doctors told her and mom that they could just go home for a couple of days, even though her counts aren't really that high. They think that a break away from it all will be worth it- if she behaves while at home.

SO- they packed up her room and drove back to Logan yesterday, getting in later last night. She's just planning on relaxing for these few days, and enjoying being home.

If you are considering stopping by to see her, please just keep to the same rules that she has for hospital visits. She's still very vulnerable. But she does love all of you so much, and wishes she didn't have to be so cooped up.

We haven't heard anything new on the bone marrow donor front. We're still waiting for them to decide if one of the five potentials will be a best match for her.

Thanks everyone!!!
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  1. LizzieJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Man! This is not the news we were hoping for. What was her bone marrow at before? We are thinking about you and will keep praying for you!

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  2. Emily SteeleJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    We haven't officially met, but our daughter Rachel is 17 and has been battling AML too. We follow your blog and just wanted you to know that we are hoping that the new chemo Kim will be starting will wipe out all those leukemia cells! We'll also keep praying for a donor match. Rachel is day +84 since her bone marrow transplant in November. We are pulling for all of you!

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