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| Maliha |
| 08/17/05 at 20:44:15 |
| [slm] [black] I remember clearly a couple of months ago, standing in the surgical waiting room, listening to the doctor's bleak prognosis. [i]"We couldn't do a hysteroctomy because the tumor has spread all over the place. I couldn't take out anything. The tumor was entangled in the intestines the way frozen pasta and meatballs is, I can't extricate one from the other...her cancer is much more advanced than we had previously foreseen..." [/i] Thanks to the doc, I don't think I will ever be able to eat pasta and meatballs after that. I can't really remember much of what else he said...but managed to catch the last bit of his doom prophecies [i] "if she doesn't respond well to chemo, then we are giving her a couple of weeks, if lucky a couple of months maybe..." [/i] I felt like screaming...that endless soundless weeping that somehow couldn't get past my throat. But all I managed to do was stare dumbly at the doc...furious questions racing my mind and none of them making their way into my paralyzed tongue. This was my mother he was talking about. The woman who has struggled, fought, travelled thousands of miles to simply keep her children together and raise us to be who we are. This "wonder" woman of my life, this pillar of my strength, the unshakeable faith and fountain of endless belief that I have come to simply take for granted. Surely, this doctor wasn't talking about the right person? It has been a crazy couple of months, with aggressive rounds of chemo, and seeing my mom lose her strength, hair, weight...and with each measured loss, her faith growing in incredible magnitudes. She prayed, maintained a cheerful independence and with each good or bad news she simply kept repeating "Alhamdullillah". I stood back rooted in the same spot after the second surgery. When the doctor with a pleasantly surprised voice indicated that there was no tumor at all! Alhamdullillah, Wa Allahu Akbar! She was just declared cancer free. Ofcourse, he was quick to remind us that cancer doesn't really ever go away...that unless she is among the miniscule percentage of the lucky ones she might have another recurrence. But who knows what will happen tommorow anyway? And who, except the most foolish of all could ever despair of Allah's Mercy? His blessings come pouring down; and to begin recounting His bounties would take several eternities...and I just hope that on the day I meet Him, I will stand worthy of His Eternal Mercy and Everlasting Peace. and the same again for all the Muslimeen (amin). I wanted to share this incredible news with you all;and to thank you for your duahs. To all the struggling mothers, fathers, daughters and sons out there...you will always be in my duahs; remember the vastness of His Mercy and how fleeting this life is... I haven't been able to articulate much of the wonders that I have witnessed these past couple of months and each time i try i come back to this most sufficient of all praises: Alhamdullillah... [/black] [wlm] |
| 08/17/05 at 20:45:37 |
| Maliha |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| siddiqui |
| 08/17/05 at 21:47:08 |
| [slm] Alhamdullilah thats very good news May Allah swt give her good health may she be a source of blessing to your family Ameen [wlm] |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| Fozia |
| 08/18/05 at 04:02:04 |
| [slm] Alhumdulillah, that is fantastic news. However, the doctor you described, really does need to refine his bedside manner..... I take it in the states you actually have to pay the man right, I suppose he throws the insensitivity in for free?? Wassalaam |
| 08/18/05 at 04:03:24 |
| Fozia |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| readagain |
| 08/18/05 at 19:02:44 |
| [slm] mashallah sister nur-ul-ain..im really happy for your family Mashallah that is good news. |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| Kathy |
| 08/18/05 at 22:35:31 |
| [slm] Subhanna Allah..... Insha Allah, your son will get to bask in her strength, even longer. |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| rkhan |
| 08/18/05 at 23:13:49 |
| alhamdulillaah 'alas salaamah..may Allaah preserve her and grant her afwa and aafiyah in the deen, dunya and aakhirah.. I'm *so* happy .. :-* |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| Mona |
| 08/20/05 at 10:51:03 |
| [slm] alhamdolellah... :-) may Allah give her complete shifaa - ameen. hugs to your mommy. mona |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| ummnajmah |
| 08/20/05 at 17:07:28 |
| [slm]Subhannallah! What a test for your mother and family. Alhamdulillah that she is better and inshallah I hope she fully regains her strength and health to be among you for a long time. Ameen! I can never imagine what a trial this has been upon her and your family, mothers are special. I cherish my Ummy greatly, mashallah.I'm truly happy for you that the result of all this has been joyful. Truly Allah(SWT) tests us in many ways and the key is to have sabr(easier said than done sometimes!).Alhamdulillah! |
| Re: Subhana Allah...on blessings and miracles. |
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| eleanor |
| 08/22/05 at 17:15:38 |
| Subhan Allah, that is fantastic news! I am so happy for you and your family. *hugs* wasalaam eleanor |
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