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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2 comments:

  1. LorisMay 14, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    I'm so glad she's home. We're keeping her in our prayers. Loris

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  2. issra.dalilMay 18, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    Alhamdulilah, in our thoughts and our prayers.

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