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 15, 2011

Results!!!

We just got the results from Kim's bone marrow aspirate this morning.

She officially IN REMISSION AGAIN! Leukemia count is down to zero- the doctor's can't find a single speck of it left in her body!!

No details yet as to exactly how the next few weeks will go- but she'll for sure get a nice break at home, and then go right into her Transplant Round.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you ALL SO MUCH. It was your prayers that did it!

More soon-

Emily

5 comments:

  1. WONDERFUL!!!! We are sooo very excited! WE LOVE YOU KIM JO! Come home and celebrate this success! Our prayers are with you and your family!

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  2. Keep running kim!!! You're an inspiration to all of us in here :)

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  3. It's time for another round of gratitude prayers-I do so love giving them and recognizing the blessings in our lives!!!

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