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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Sorry for the long break everyone... I've had a really tired few days. Kim is doing okay, but not any better than she was the last time I posted. Still has the infection, still no PICC line, so still on an IV they move every day or three, when her vein starts going bad. Still having fevers, still throwing up. Still no blood counts.

Yesterday, though, Dr Barnette, her primary, told mom and Kim that they think the last round of chemo that she had might have killed off her marrow, and if so, she'll never get blood counts back, and so will probably never get over the infection- without the bone marrow transplant. Though it will be risky to move ahead while she still has the infection, they might have to. They are going to do one more bone marrow test, during which they will also extract a small piece of her hip bone, for one more check, before they decide what to do for sure. That will probably be a week from today.

Aside from that... as I said, things haven't really changed much. We are still worried about Kim, but keeping optimistic (just don't talk to mom.) I am very glad to see that many of you have signed up for relay for life! Just two more weeks! And we had our first donation- special thanks to the Kent Family!

It will be okay. Thank you ALL- Love, Emily
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  1. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Hi Nelsons. :) I actually came by on Tuesday to visit -- my mom asked me to bring up some balloons, so I did. I stepped into Kim's room for a minute and left the balloons there. I looked at Kim, sound asleep - and tears came to my eyes. Such a fighter. Please know we're praying for Kim and your family!

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  2. mommynolanMarch 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Greetings!
    Thanks, we needed the update. It's good to hear they can go ahead with the transplant and help her really get over all of this. You are one day closer to to your goal.
    May you feel the Lord's love stronger than ever we pray.
    We love you all,
    Renee

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  3. Piano MomMarch 31, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    We are praying for Kim!

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