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

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Eid Mubarak!

Salaamu Alaikum [Peace and blessings to All]

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating Eid ul Adha.  This turned out to be a great Eid for us.  Zaynab was in the hospital for almost three weeks.  She went in for her last dose of chemo for that phase of treatment and they ended up admitting her because she was running a fever.  After courses of antibiotics, anti-virals and all sorts of other medicines to everyone's surprise she was still running a fever.  We thought we were going to have to spend Eid in the hospital.  Thankfully we barely made it out one day before Eid. 

She is home now and doing well, Alhamduillah.

I want to thank everyone who donated for our Light the Night Walk.  We raised $9400 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  A special thanks to everyone who showed up at the walk, it was great to see everyone!  Zaynab herself wasn't able to attend because she was still in the hospital, but we're hopeful she can make it next year. 

Thanks
Musaab and Eyman
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