On January 26th, 2012 our daughter Zaynab was diagnosed with Leukemia. Although we were initially shocked, we realized that we were not alone. So many friends and family immediately stepped up and are supporting us in so many different ways. We feel truly blessed. In light of how blessed we are we wanted to accomplish a few things with this blog. One is to keep everyone informed of Zaynab's recovery. A second is to help those who are less fortunate.

As we thought about what charities to support we thought of a few and couldnt decide on one, so we thought we would give people a choice.

1) Something as simple as water for those who are less fortunate. No one in this world should be without water. Nancy helped setup this initiative here: http://bit.ly/xfXbRS and we have a goal of $20,000 which will provide over 1000 people with water.

2) What a wonderful world this would be if we were able to wipe cancers like Leukemia / Lymphoma from the face of the world. Nancy has mobilized a team to participate in the Light the Night walk on October 20th 2012 and we have a goal of $50,000! To donate to LLS and join the effort go here: http://bit.ly/yZwbt7

3) Who better to receive support than orphans. GiveLight has been great organization for supporting orphans worldwide. While we have no goal set, we recognize that it does not take very much money to save a child: http://bit.ly/xKpWv2


Thanks for continuing to keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Thanks,
Zaynab and Family

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Continuing to adjust


Salam

Its been a week since our last post and Alhamdulilah things are progressing.  This week Zaynab started Consolidation and so far its been going ok.  Some nausea and stomach pain initially but that has lessened the last couple of days Alhamdulilah.  She also was able to sleep through the whole night the last few nights!

Alhamdulilah, Zaynab has been trying to get caught back up with school.  Her teachers have been leaving her lots of homework to catch up on ... :).  She has also been trying to go for short walks outside to regain her strength.  Walking up the stairs is still a struggle though.

While this phase has gone ok so far, we were told however about Consolidation is that very soon (either this week or next) the doctors expect her blood counts to get very low again.  From what they tell us, its normal for kids to get admitted in the hospital during this phase because their counts get very low and are prone to infection.  So please keep us in your prayers.

Once again, I would like to thank all of our friends and family for the love and support.  We feel blessed for all the love and support.  As we are going through this we realize that there are a lot of simple things that we take for granted.  As Zaynab was suffering from constipation and bloating we saw first hand how valuable human functions that we assumed to be involuntary actions affect the quality of everyday life.

Salam
Musaab and Eyman
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5 comments:

  1. TasneemMarch 10, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Alhamdullah may Allah accept all our duaa and all what we wish for her and you guys and make it more and more easy and peaceful. And give her speedy smooth recovery and she get all her health back and even better ya Allah ya 7anan ya manna ya gadir ya kareem ya mojeeb.

    Alhamdullah we always and as usual get good news from you. But I know for sure how much you suffer to go through every single day. May Allah give you more patient and great Ajer inshallh. We wish if we could do any thing that help but what could we do other than our duaa may Allah yerhamna bilgobool wa alistejabah.

    Zaynab if for any reason you needed blood I am ready at least you get the female one :). Take care honey and stay good.
    Lots of love and hugs from Aboody, Tasneem, and Gasim.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 11, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Glad to hear that the news is good! I continue to pray for peace and strength for all as you travel this journey! I know that Zaynab my end up back iin the hospital but I shall continue to think positive that she stays home!

    Love and hugs
    Pauline

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  3. NaveedMarch 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM

    Allhamdulliah to hear that she is adjusting to Phase II well. As always she is in our thoughts and prayers and may ALLAH SWT make this phase easier on her and the family.

    The Anwar's

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    1. Suzanne - CaliforniaMarch 13, 2012 at 11:13 AM

      Thrilled to hear such great news on Zaynab. I've been praying for miracles every night. The miracle is the bone marrow results. Now, I'll move on to praying for speedy recovery and minimual side affects. I've fallen in love with this little treasure, Zaynab and feel honored to share her journey via this blog.

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  4. IsraaMarch 15, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    Salamu Aleikom,
    It is really good to hear Zaynab is recovering, and elhamdolilah things are going smooth..May Allah make it easier on you ya Zaynab and on your wonderful parents..Not many parents nowadays are as optimistic and have all the patience, strong will and most importantly strong Eman combination..msA..rabana yihfazkom le baad..
    luv,
    Israa

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