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, July 26, 2012

Ramadan and Chemo

Salaamu alaikum

We are really sorry for the delay in posting an update.  The past couple of months have actually gone well alhamdulilah.  Zaynab is almost done with Interim Maintenance I.  We have had to spend 4-5 days in the hospital every two weeks.  We are currently in our last hospital stay of Interim Maintenance.

All in all it hasn't been too bad.  Her body has had time to recover in between hospital stays and so her blood counts didn't really get low enough where we had to be concerned.

Zaynab has also been really busy because her cousins came to visit from Saudia Arabia.  This has been a great break for Zaynab as well.  They are having a lot of fun and I think it has really helped take her mind off of the treatments.

Thanks for all your prayers.  She will start the next phase of treatment in two weeks Insha Allah.  That phase is expected to be pretty tough.  Its called Delayed Intensification and it uses pretty strong chemo medicines.

Thanks and we will try and keep the blog updated more regularly!

Salam
Musaab

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2 comments:

  1. ummariamJuly 27, 2012 at 3:30 AM

    Ramadan kareem, insha Allah this blessed month brings to Zynab and your family plenty of health, mercy, and peace.

    Mai Rabbad

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  2. HanaSeptember 5, 2012 at 12:11 AM

    Eid Saeed!
    Please update us on the delayed intensification phase.

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