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

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Relay for Life!

Please register for Kim's Relay for Life team! The event will be April 15th at Utah State University. Our goal is to come together to show our support for Kim and the fight against cancer, and raise a little bit of money for the American Cancer Society in her honor.

Go to this website and search for Kim's team: KEEP RUNNING KIM!

http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY11GW?fr_id=30405&pg=entry

I've got new writstbands ordered for this Battle- they should be available in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know! (They're exciting- lime green this time!)

Thank you all, so much!

1 comment:

  1. You can count me in for sure this time!!!! Best of luck with everything. Tell Kim she's amazing for me. :)

    Leslie (Gregory) Higley

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