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, March 10, 2011

Wow. The past few days have been a lot of the same old story- Kim's been feeling pretty crummy and is on loads of meds and liquids. Her test on Monday went well- her hip isn't too sore from the marrow draw.

Alright, that was everything I should have told you a day or two ago- now to today. And yes- wow.

Mike is HOME. Dad, mom and I picked him up at the airport around seven, and brought him right here to the hospital. Our family is finally together again. It's such an incredible feeling. Technically, Kim and I are at the hospital still, and Mike went home with our parents, but we were together for about an hour :) Now we just need to get Kim home!

Now, as to Kim's test results. Technically, we got them back today- but the doctors want to wait another week or so and do another aspirate- just to be sure. But... Let's just say things looked good. Now we just need to start healing!

Make sure to come to Mike's hecong this Saturday, if you can. See more details on his blog. I willtry too return ails tomorrow- sorry
I Love you all- what an amazing day! Thanks!
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  1. LizzieMarch 10, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    yaay! I'm so happy to hear that they think things are looking good in her marrow. We were worried when we didn't hear for a few days.

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  2. mommynolanMarch 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Woo Hoo!! Good for all of you!
    We'll be there Saturday and while it will be great to see Mike we;ll still be missing you.
    Pat and Renee

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