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

Monday, April 30, 2012

Back in the hospital


Salam

Well, it seemed too good to be true. Zaynab was running a fever last night and we had to take her in to the hospital. Her white blood cell count has been very low this last week and it seemed like only a matter of time before she caught an infection. She is doing well but anytime she has a fever she has to be admitted.

She was pretty disappointed at having to be checked in but she did have a great weekend before that though ... She played with friends and even had a quiet showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. So all in all not too bad.

We are hoping it will only be a couple of days here but it all depends on how fast she can get over the infection and have her WBCs go back up to a reasonable number.

That's all for now.

Musaab
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2 comments:

  1. AbrarApril 30, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    Salam Zaynab,
    I'm sorry to hear that, and hope you get over the infection soon.
    ربنا يشفيك و يخفف عليك حبيبه

    Best wishes,
    Abrar

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  2. Suzanne - CaliforniaMay 1, 2012 at 2:11 PM

    I continue to pray nightly Zaynab. Stay in faith and strong, your healing is just around the corner.

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