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, February 1, 2011

Back to PCMC

Hey Everyone-

Kim went back to PCMC yesterday to start her next round of chemotherapy. She's currently in room 4413, but there are rumors going around that one of the large "suites" might be opening up, and she's at the top of the list. (There are a couple of rooms in the ICS Unit that are a little bit bigger than the others. We've yet to get one thus far, but keep hoping!)

Everything has been going very well lately. Kim doesn't seem to have picked up any infections from her time at home, and she's feeling good: ready to plow through Round Two and get on to Transplant Round!

Kim's focus right now is on keeping healthy and positive. She really needs to keep all the weight, energy, and spirit that she can before the big TR. (Transplant Round) It's a doozy. But you know Kim- she can hold her own!

Our upcoming projects:
-Relay for Life 2011 at USU! (Team KEEP RUNNING KIM!)
-Planning Kim's NEW Birthday Party! (The day she gets her bone marrow transplant) and,
-Getting ready for our Brother Mike to get home from his mission! (March 9th!)
Posted by at

4 comments:

  1. CarolFebruary 1, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    Good luck through this round Kim! We love you and continue to pray for you! Carol

    ReplyDelete
  2. KristiFebruary 2, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    So i see kim is in room 4413, tanner was in 44 12 and kim was in the room next to tanners last time. I think that there is some kind of subliminal message, If she cant go into his room to visit with out nurse Annie going into nazi mode them they can just be next door. We expect tanner go readmit on monday. I hope thing will continue to be positive for kim and all of you. see you next week
    Robert

    ReplyDelete
  3. LizzieFebruary 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    Keep fighting Kim! We'll be praying!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Don RawlinsonFebruary 4, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Go get em girl! We are with you in spirit. Love you guys so much and are so wanting to come see you all. Looking at sometime "after" March 9th.
    Bless you.
    Don and Lois

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)