Zein needs your prayers!!!!
I wish I had some comforting updates for you today, as you know this past week has been a very tough week on all of us especially Zein, who as usual was a trooper and stayed strong through it all. He would get poked, cry, lie in machines for hours, miss school and yet smile through it all. He even asked to go to school one day after scans. That being said, we were anxiously waiting for scan results when the doctor called me on Friday and said that they unfortunately see "something" in his kidney. The word "something" in the cancer world can mean many things and they are ALL scary! Zein has been in remission for over two years now yet it still could be a relapse, a new kind of cancer, a side effect or anything else. The unknown SUCKS! For those of you who don't know, Zein's cancer (neuroblastoma) is one of the sneakiest of all that can easily creep up with no signs what so ever, that is exactly why we hold our breaths every three months and pray for it to be over soon. Our mental break is so short! Three months at a time! Yet God has a different plan this time. We are not meant to take a break just yet! We don't know what it is, we don't know how serious is it but we do know that we have to investigate it and that a surgery is an option on the table.
We are holding ourselves in front of Zein and Malak, choosing to share enough to maintain his trust yet not worry him until we get more answers. We are meeting with the medical team this week to discuss and learn more, I will not lie and say we are staying strong... but I will say that... We are scared, We are worried and We are heart broken that we are even here in this place again! Yet we calm ourselves and remember to take it one day at a time. I will tell you this, we believe in the #powerofprayers, we believe that the more we all pray God will listen and I am here asking you and pleading my case. Please pray! Pray as hard as you can, pray as strong as you can, pray for clarity, for no cancer, for no more pain, for no dark days again! Pray pray and keep praying.
We will be updating this page regularly as soon as we know anything.
زين محتاج دعائكوا!!!!
كان نفسي اطمنكوا النهاردة و اقولكوا اخبار حلوة، انتو عارفين ان الاسبوع االي فات السخيف ده بيبقي صعب علينا بالذات زين. بيستحمل وجع و الم و بيصبر و يصمد ان كان من ابر لادوية لاجهزة مطلوب منه يثبت فيها بالساعات و اكتر كمان. زين متعافي بقاله سنتين و لكن نوع السرطان اللي عنده سرطان الخلايا الجذعية او (neuroblastoma) من اخبث و اشرس الانواع اللي ممكن يرجع في اي وقت و بدون مقدمات و عشان كده احنا لازم نعمل اختبارات و تحاليل كل تلات شهور بالضبط... يوم الجمعة الدكتورة كلمتني و قالتلي بالحرف (انا شايفة حاجة في الكلة ، معرفش هي ايه و مش متأكدة بس محتاجين اختبارات اكتر) كلمة (حاجة) في حد ذاتها مرعبة لانها ممكن تبقي ميت الف حاجة! ممكن تبقي سرطان تاني، او اعراض جانبية من الادوية اللي اخدها او نوع سرطان جديد او او ... الاحتمالات كتير و كلها مخيفة.
الاسبوع الجاي نعرف الدكاترة ناويين علي ايه... الرؤية لسة مش واضحة و بنعتبر ده اختبار جديد من ربنا سبحانه و تعالي. الخطة هي اننا نمسك نفسنا لحد ما نعرف و نفهم، مش حكدب و اقول احنا اقويا و عادي.... لا احنا خايفين و مرعوبين و متماسكين بالعافية انا و تامر عشان الاولاد... بس حقولكوا اننا مؤمنين جدا جدا بان #الدعاءيغيرالقدر و كل طلبنا هو ان انتو تدعوا و تصلوا معانا ان ربنا يعرفنا اللي بيحصل و انه ميبقاش سرطان و يكون حاجة صغيرة. و انه يقوي زين و يقوينا. حنتابعكوا اول ما نعرف اي حاجة. التحديهوزين
