Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 01:43:11 EST

Subject: Fwd: Please Dua For Ameena

In a message dated 2/18/2006 9:31:19 AM Pacific Standard Time


Assalamu Alaikum

Please make dua.....

> From: Boumediene Hamzi

>; Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:03:36 -0800

> Subject: Fw: Ameena's update.
Please do dua for her.
>
> La hawla wa la quwata illa bi Allah. Please make
du`a for them.
>
>
> > Salam U Alikum my brother and sisters,
> >
> > This email is an update on how Ameena is doing and
> > your request
> > for dua. As you might know Ameena, our only child,
> > is two years old, had
> > a solid brain tumor that turned out to be
malignant.
> > After 10 hours of
> > brain surgery the tumor was completely removed but
> > she had spreading to
> > the spine. That area was inoperable. So she
started
> > Chemo therapy.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ameena completed chemo cycle 4 in the middle of
> > January. It was
> > a rough cycle for her. Hardest one she
experienced.
> > She had significant
> > sores throughout her mouth and in her GI track.
She
> > was unable to
> > swallow for almost a week due the pain in her
mouth
> > and throat. It all
> > seemed escalated by her lips cracking, mouth
> > drooling, her crying and no
> > energy. So she was consequently placed on morphine
> > to help ease her
> > pain. It helped and eventually the effects of the
> > Chemo subsided,
> > Alhamduallah. It seemed like a long journey. After
> > twenty one days in
> > the hospital a happy and bouncy Ameena was ready
to
> > go home.
> >
> >
> >
> > A resident (signed off by a Fellow) at CHLA
> > mistakenly gave
> > Ameena an adult dose of GCSF, twice. This caused
> > Ameena's bones to over
> > stimulate to produce blood counts. This placed in
> > her a deep bone pain
> > causing her to not walk for over a week. She could
> > not walk, did not
> > want to leave the house, couldn't play or move.
She
> > just wanted to be
> > held. Poor baby, Ameena had just finished a harsh
> > round of Chemo only to
> > be struck by this. This too passed, Alhamduallah.
> > Ameena was getting
> > ready to start the next round of chemo when she
> > caught a cold. So it was
> > delayed a week to get her body strong before
wiping
> > her out again. I
> > wasn't sorry to see her chemo delayed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ameena is scheduled to start Chemo Cycle 5 on
> > Monday Inshallah.
> > She is an amazing two year old. She plays, shares
> > her love, dances and
> > chatters away as though all of this were normal.
> > She shows us daily how
> > strong she is, and how we should also be strong in
> > the face of such
> > hardships. Alhamdullah and MashAllah
> >
> >
> >
> > Please do dua for Ameena bint Shadya. Please do
dua
> > for her. I
> > fear another bad cycle. By Allah, I fear it, even
> > though I should
> > accept, and just have faith. I feel weak, I am
> > afraid. Please do dua for
> > her. Please ask the Imam at Juma prayer this
Friday
> > and next Friday for
> > our Umah to do dua for her to ease her path, to
give
> > her caretakers
> > knowledge, ease her pain, ease her cycle, protect
> > her from the bad side
> > effects of the chemo drugs and give her health and
a
> > long life
> > Inshallah. Please do dua for her. If you are
> > traveling, breast feeding,
> > giving birth, in a Masjid, fasting, if you are in
> > any act that is
> > bringing you closer to Allah subhana wa tala, or
if
> > you are just in
> > prayer, or sitting passing the time, please do dua
> > for Ameena. Please
> > ask our Umah to do dua for her. Please distribute
to
> > your distribution
> > lists.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jezakum Allah Khair Inshallah. May Allah keep you
> > and your loved
> > ones healthy and spare you from this pain, and
test.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Salam U Alikum Wa Rahmat U Allah wa baraketu.
> > Shadya, Um Ameena.