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

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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3 comments:

  1. Suzanne - CaliforniaMay 8, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    Thanks for the update, it helps me be very specific in my prayers for Zaynab and the family. What a trouper Zaynab is, my God continue to give her energy and strength to eat so she can get better soon!

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  2. HanaMay 10, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    We so appreciate the time you put in updating us Eiman and Mosaab, with your busy lives.
    We are following the blog closely and pray for Zaynabs recovery and that Allah make it easy on her. She will inshallah Allah emerge strong from this and be an example for others.
    Love
    Hana and Louai

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  3. Sabreen AbdelrahmanMay 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    May Allah help her and make her feel better. Inshallah she will recover soon. We will keep her in our prayers to make sure she still stays strong. Hang in there Zaynab, you're doing great mashallah.
    Love
    Sabreen, Magdy's daughter

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