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, February 10, 2011

Hi friends- a little bit of bad news, at least for me:

As many of you know, I work at a Community Health Center (we have great programs for anyone without health insurance, and great service for everyone in general- ask me about it if you're interested!) We recently had an interesting case come through, and long story short- Kim's doctors are not going to let me come down to see her, just for her safety, this weekend.

I was just telling you in my last post that Kim would like to see some visitors. This weekend would be a great one, if you're healthy, and you think you can stop by for a visit. She's going to be lonely.

Thanks, as always, Emily
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