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, May 14, 2012

Back at home

Salaamu Alaikum


Alhamdulilah we were discharged from the hospital this weekend. Zaynab's blood counts are still low but since her fevers had stopped and the blood counts had started coming back up the doctors felt it was ok to leave.

After two weeks in the hospital it was the best feeling in the world to be home!

Zaynab is scheduled to start her chemo in one more week ... That's dependent upon her meeting her blood count numbers.

That's all for now we will hopefully update you soon when you know when her next treatment will be. Thank you for all your prayers and support!

Salam
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Still in the hospital

Salam

Unfortunately we are still in the hospital.  Zaynab's fevers increased initially after coming to the hospital. Thankfully they are now only a few times a day as opposed to around the clock like they were before.

Its hard to say what has actually made her sick.  She came in with fevers, they got worse, then after a few days she started getting stomach pain and vomiting.  And most recently her energy levels have gotten lower.  The doctors think that it is more than one thing her body is trying to fight and they have given her a range of antibiotics as well as anti-fungal medicines.  Most recently they think her fatigue is due to mono ... the test results haven't come back yet.

Zaynab is still doing relatively well, but her eating has diminished altogether.  We usually have to talk her into a few spoons of soup at one sitting.

While her fevers have lessened, her white blood cell counts are still *very* low.  We have asked everyone even all the nurses and staff to come in wearing masks so as to avoid her contracting anything else.

Please keep us in your prayers.  We are praying her counts come back up so she can fight this infection and get back to what we used to call normal.  :)

Salam
Musaab

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