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I just chatted with Khalifa and he let me know that his son, Abdulwahab, who is still recovering from his bone marrow transplant, is in the hospital with a viral infection. He went in with a temperature of 39 C but they have managed to get it down to normal now. Because of his severely low immune system after the BMT, any infection can be very dangerous. We ask that you keep Abdulwahab in your thoughts and prayers.
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We surely will pray for Abdulwahab. He will be perfectly fine!
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Abdulwahab is still in the hospital. The flu virus has lowered his immunities and as a result, the CMV virus has become active again. He is on 5 different medications and his temeprature has been up and down. This is very hard on the family and has made for a very toned down Eid. I think some words of comfort from the members of our group can mean a lot right now.
Khalifa, your boy is in our thoughts and prayers. Your friends are here for you.
Peace be with you.
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Dear Khalifa,
I am so sorry to hear about your little ones condition.Rest assured that God is watching over him and your family, and he will pull through this! From what I know about your boy,he is a fighter, and will be as good as new in no time! Please find comfort knowing we are praying and thinking of you!!!!:hug
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Love,
Christine
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Dear Khalifa,
We all are praying for the quick recovery of Abd-ul-Wahab.
May Allah (S.W.T) give him health and a long prosperous life ahead! Aameen! :pray
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Take care, Allah Hafiz!
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Hi Khalifa,
Your little boy is in our prayers. Here's wishing Abdulwahab a speedy recovery and may your family celebrate Eid in a grand manner next year. :getwell
Take care. Eid Mubarak to you and family.
Regards,
Namitha
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Khalifa,
I am praying that your son will recover very soon - he has been through enough. My thoughts are with you and your family. Jean :getwell
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Hello Khalifa,
I am very sorry to hear that Abdulwahab is not well at the moment. Hang in there! Best wishes to Abdulwahab for a very fast recovery.
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Sally.
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Dear Khalifa,
We all are praying for your son, he will get well soon Inshallah. May Almighty give you and your family courage and strength to stand against these hard moments.
Regards,
Tariq.
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Dear Khalifa
Sorry for what i have heard. Please be strong and i hope that All this will end up quickly and your son will be very well. Abdel Wahab will be in my prayers.
Please Andy, keep us updated
Manal
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Dear khalifa
Wishing your little one a speedy recovery. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all at this very moment.
Miaki :hug
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Dear Group Dear brothers and sisters Dear friends
thank you all for your wishes and your pray i would like to say my son is ok now and am prebaring him to go to italy this teusday for follow up check as Dr. paola polchi reguest from me the Drs in kuwait told me he is abble top travel and they will descharge him monday ...
thank you all
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
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Good news Khalifa! I hope your trip goes well.
Sally.
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im so happy to hear that your boy is doing better Khalifa! :clap
HAVE A SAFE TRIP AND LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
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Christine
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Hi,
Best wishes and hope for the best results in the follow up check-up
Take care, Peace!
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Hi Khalifa,
Good to know that your son is doing better now and will be able to travel to Italy for the follow up check-up.
He is in our prayers .... hoping for good results from the check-up.
Regards,
Bostonian
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Hi all
abdulwahab will be descharge today from the hospital after he spend 9 days Dr told me today he is safe to travel but you must watch him well ... my flight will be at 9 o'clock teusday morning to italy ...
thanks all
khalifa
state of kuwait
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Dear Khalifa
Thanks God he is well now. Take care of him and i wish you all of the luck in your trip.
I think you should ask the doctor, " when can he say that the BMT has 100% been suceessful ? i mean can any rejection or failure happen after one year or not?
Any way take care
Manal
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Dear Manal
the bone marrow is ok no problem at all i said that because his HB didn't go down and his PLT go down up to 133.000 and after two days go up to more than 240.000 ... and as i said before the problem came from the flue viruse.. if there is a problem from the bone marrow he will be on transfusion now but thanks GOD his new bone marrow is ok .. and the chance to have a rijiction really i don't like to think a bout it even i ask his Dr in italy she told me think positive ...
khalifa
state of kuwiat
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hi freind am in italy now the Dr. admit my son from 4 of november because he have high temperature a gain they put for him central iv because they want to check the blood every day now today is thursday his temprature is go to normal position from three day and actually there is no CMV viruse but there is some kidny infiction and chest spotem as i said before it's comon cold not really somthing serouse ....... thanks all
khalifa
ITALY
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Khalifa,
It's good to hear that Abdulwahab's temp has gone back to normal. He needs a long, long, long stretch of HEALTHY time. Hope he can go home soon and feel better.
I'm just curious, did you fly the plane to Italy? Jean
for Abdulwahab :getwell :wave
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For Abdulwahab!! :hug
Here's to a speedy recovery! (and Khalifas sanity!) :rotfl
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Love,
Christine
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:thumbsup Best wishes for the Soldier and his son :thumbsup
Take care, Peace!
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Khalifa,
I'm sorry I missed you when you called today but I am very happy to hear Abdulwahab is doing ok. Hopefully this current infection will soon pass and he can return home and you can get back on your bike. :biggrin
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Oh come on Andy?
He's a pilot and you're putting him on a bike!! :wink :rotfl
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Khalifa's favorite hobby is his motorcycles. I have taken the liberty of posting a pic of my brother with his Harley. Check it out.
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Cool Picture! :)
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dear friends am just writing to inform you all that my son a.wahab is discharge from ICU unit he is ok blood count is ok but he must visite the day hospital everyday for follow up check i don't know how long we have to stay there but am really mad because there is no food in italy they just eat pizza and spagiti am really get enough from this food i think am going to Dubai to visit MAM after i finish from the pizza country ...
regard the bone marrow it's 100% donnor they check the prepheral stem cells in the blood withouttaken a sample from the bone marrow .....
thank you all for supporting us
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL
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Congratulations Khalifa.
Hope every thing will keep going well. Both of you will be in our prayers.
Take care
Manal
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Congratulations!!
Great News!
Hope he gets well soon so you can leave Pasta country and go back to the Gulf delicacies.
Take care, Peace!
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To Khalifa,
Good News,
Some of us do make it.Its wonderfull :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer.
Good luck to your son
kathy
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Khalifa called me yesterday and gave me the latest update. He will be leaving Italy and returning home to Kuwait on Sunday. :biggrin Abdulwahab is doing much better and the only concern was some mild host vs graft disease in his skin that is being treated by raising the cortisone dosage. Khalifa was very happy and we shared a few laughs on the phone. It was good to hear my little brother's voice sound so happy. The love he has for his son is immense. :happyyes
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May God Bless Khalifa and his son
Manal
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That's great news to hear - hope things continue to get better! Jean :veil
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Wow, another success story credited to our site!
Congratulations to everyone! :thumbsup
:party :party :party :party
Take care, Peace!
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I'm so glad to hear this! What wonderful news! :cheer
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Dear friends and brothers and sister
Thank you verey much for your suporting me deuring my trip to italy my son had verey bad infiction in his chest and his skin but with GOD help he get better now 4th of noveber he got bad high fever so i toke him to the hospital Dr javed he deside to admit him but it was verey bad shock for me because i came to italy for check up only and i found my self with my son in the ICU unit it was saturday early morning tempreture of that day was almost 2 c verey cold ..
monday Dr javed deside to put for him central IV in his chest that number 2 shock for me also ..Dr javed treat him with drugs that efect the bacteria and also the viruse like BK viruse who efect the blader and kidney the temperature of my son was not staple up and down for almost four days... after the drugs take an action in his body the boy start to be normal a gain i was verey worry and so scare but the nice team from the Dr's and nurses make it easy for me also you when i open the site and start read the MSG from all of you i feel relax that some body stand with me ...
Dear's THANK YOU ALL
In thae end i would like to say somthing to sombody
thank you for the lovely team in the hospital from the begining of my visite to the last visite am not going to forget the beutiful team :
1 Dr Paola polchi 2 Dr Gazieve javed 3 Dr Piatrou sodani 4 Dr Roveda 5 Dr Marco
And also
1 nurse Paolo with his Girl friend 2 Nurse carlota 3 Nurse selvia 4 Nurse Carlota
5 Nurse simona 6 Nurse Natasha 6 Nurse elinora ..... there is many nurses i can't remembare the names but am really thanks them all ...
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPORTING ME
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
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Dear Khalifa
I am so happy that you and your son are back. I can feel how scared you were ,but thanks God you are both fine now. Hope this is the end of it. Now let's celebrate and please if you can send all our greetings and gratfulness to all the doctors and nurses. May God bless them and enable them to help as many as they can.
Take care
manal
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Very nice to know this Khalifa. I too wish that she would have time to share her expierence with us
Manal
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Hi MAM
am writing this letter here to let you know we are too close from you and i hope evrything will be all right with your new baby girl (but be ready for me am going to come soon to dubai to see somthing defrant than pizza :biggrin
khalifa
state of kuwait
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Hi all
last report am prebaring my self with all the familly to go to italy in 31/07 :wah going to pizza country again but this time with all my children and my wife and three big bag of food but not containing pizza ... Abdulwahab still on MEDROL but in low dose start to eat with us but with careful go outside from his ( jail) ( his room he mean ) going out side with me but with a mask in his face his blood HGB is ok in normal range every week i take him to the hospital but only the iron is high a round 1200 but we use now phlebotomy ( take blood from him and throw )every three weeks ... iwill informe you when i came back ...
love you all
khalifa
state of kuwait
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Hello Khalaifa!
Good to know that his Hb is going good now! :happyyes
Wish you all the best and I hope that the doctors will remove all restrictions from him and he continues his life as a normal person!
Lots of love to Abdul Wahab!
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Khalifa, This is very encouraging. Please keep us posted while you are in Italy. Good health to Abdul Wahab and safe journey to your family.
Thanks.
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Khalifa,
When you told me you were returning to Italy, I rushed right out and got some pizza. :rotfl
Good luck my friend...this time you have to keep the whole family happy. :console
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HI ALL
SORRY FOR THE DELAY A BOUT MY TRIP WITH MY FAMILLY TO ROME ,,,, WE CAME BACK IN 5th OF SEPTEMBER ... BUT WITH REAL BAD HEAD ACHES OF COURSE FOR ME ONLY ...ANY WAY ,, ALL THE RESULT IS OK NOW BUT ONLY ONE PROBLEM IS THE FERITTIN IS A LETLLE HIGH ARROUND 1100 TO 1300 IT'S GO UP WHEN HE GET FLUE OR SOME HIGH TEMBRATURE ..
REGARD THE PIZZA ALL MY CHILDREN THEY WANT TO START WITH PIZZA IN THE MORNING AND BEFORE THEY GO TO THE BED THEY WANT ALSO A PIZZA ..
REGARD THE DRUGS FOR MY SON ABDULWAHAB Dr. PAOLA TOLD ME TO STOP THE MEDROL FOR EVER IN 20th OF SEPTEMBER WITH ALSO SOME DRUGS RELATED WITH MEDROL ... ALSO TO START A VACCENATION AFTER 6 MONTH FROM STOPPING THE MEDROL THAT MEAN I HAVE TO START THE VACCENATION ON 20th OF MARS 2008... THAT MEAN HIS GVHD START TO DESAPEAR BUT HE STILL HAVE VERY LETTLE OF GVHD IN THE SKIN EVEN YOU CAN'T NOTICE IT .
HIS IMUNITY SYSTEMS IS A PROVED BUT STILL IN THE LOW NORMAL RANGES..ALSO Dr PAOLA TOLD HIM TO PUT REGULAR MASK LIKE WHO'S Dr USE IT IN OPERATION ROOM NOT THE HEAVEY MASK WITH FILTER..... NEXT VISITE WILL BE IN JANUARY 2008.....(HOPE THE ITALIAN CHANGE THE FOOD)
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Hi Brother,
It's good to know that AbdulWahab is doing better. I hope all his worries get over real soon and he starts to live a normal life free of medicine and masks.
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Brother sajid thank you am really preciate for all my brothers and sisters and all my freinds here in this site even we are far away from each other but our heart is too close from each other ... thanks a lot
khalifa
one for all and all for one
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Khalifa, i am sooooooo happy for this wonderful news. I really glad that our son Abdul Wahabis feeling great and thanks to God that he is in good hands.
Khalifa, could you please shed some light on the psychological side of transplantation on Abdel wahab. I mean how did you deal with him? Did you explain the operation for him before the transplant? Does his age make him realize what is all this about? Have he passed through any deppression as aresult of isolation especially in the first stage of the operation?
Take care
Manal
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Dear Manal
You ask me a bout somthing really very defecult to answer and also very hard for any father and mother to see there children taken all these chemotharaby and see the hair fallen dawn and the body geting calm and quite when you used to see this child moving like ROAD-RUNNER with all this tupes conecting to his small body i think any perants wish to be insted of his child... my child he can't recognise what the problem he thought all the children like him take blood and go to the hospital and do all these operation ,,, so for him there is no problem ,,, he feel fun because there is alot of good nurses they make his day real bussy ,, but thge problem is who is going to make your bran and your day bussy ? this question i couldn't find any answer you have to think , to be sad, to cry , to be a fraid because you recognise you have only three doors even succeful or failur or (............). i remeber when he fall in a coma and after he recover from it he start ask what happened where i am ,,,he don't know what happened for this reason we call these children is HEAVEN ANGLE also i remember the first day of entering the ICU he was really very happy lughing smilling make a joke with the nurses but in other side if you look at me you will find the tears covering my eyes but what should i do i have one way to choose and both of them is dark from inside only ,,one thing i say it before i get inside ICU with my child بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ( in the name of the GOD) belive me Manal it's very hard to cary it by your self alone even Dr Javed one day he kick me out from the ICU and he told me call your wife she is more encorege and more brave than you ...
Dear Manal may be one day am going to come to eygebt by my bike and we will have long time to talk with every body from your familly,,, am planing to make long long trip and this trip will carry the name of thalassemia all over the world especially arab world ( say that to Ahmed let him wating for me )
one day i read what you post a bout why we make laying on our self really your MSG effect on my thinking .. what i wrote is real defecult for any person to imaginate it but what a bout if you face it .. so i add my voice to you and let say THE TRUTH and FACE THE TRUTH ...
GOD BLESS ALL
KHALIFA
STATE OF KUWAIT
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
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Khalifa my dear friend, your post had bring tears to my eyes. You and your wife have endured alot. :hugfriend i know how it has been so difficult expierence. The choice is horrible, but God had reward you the best. Now we are all celebrating with you Abdel whab's cure and i am sure the coming days will bring all the joy to him and to all the family. May God bless you all
I love your idea about this trip, it is a great idea. Hope to see you soon in Egypt, that would be great. I would love to meet and talk to you a lot . Hope that this will be soon.
Manal
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Hello Khalifa
I am really glad to hear that your son is doing well.
I wish good luck and happiness to you and your family.
Harminder
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Khalifa your post brought tears to my eyes,BMT is a very painfull process for patient as well as for their parents,when my daughter was diagnosed ,i thought please some one bring me a match and i'll go for BMT at once,i didn't know the pros and cons at that time,now that i am fully aware ,i don't find myself brave enough to go through this procedure,my hubby is always like we should go for another child so may be we'll find a match,and i am like please let everything be going as it is,he doesn't visit this forum and don't know the scary parts in details,but i do,i've even seen Abdel Wahab's pics on msn forum,i don't think i would be able to survive through all this ,I SALUTE YOU.
ZAINI.
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Very emotional post from Khalifa, I don't have any words to say except you are wonderful.
Dear Freinds,
I want you to know sometimes I read posts from my friends and fellow members but find it real hard to express my feelings in words. I feel it in my heart but cannot express it. I sometimes blame it to my training which requires us to withhold emotions in all situations and act normal.
I feel bad sometimes for not posting hearty messages but I like my friends to know that I am there all the time.
Love.
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Dear Canadian Family
That is really so sweet of you and don't feel bad. Many of us have the same problem either because of language like me or they cannot express their emotions. Anyway being there is more than enough :hugfriend :hugfriend
Manal
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Canadian Family, your post really touched me. It's not always easy to to express one's emotions but you've done it well here. I love seeing the support that people find here.
I've been fortunate enough to talk to Khalifa online for several years, on the phone many times and also in person when we met up in Dubai back in February and he has been through so much with his son and has shared his feelings with me many times. His love for his son is expressed well in what he said many times when Abdulwahab was going through some very serious times. "What would I do without my son?" Sometimes, the simplest statements express the deepest meaning.
Khalifa, you know how happy I am that Abdulwahab is doing well, and I'm happy that I've had several opportunities to talk to him on the phone and hear that no matter how rough things were, he has always been an energetic boy who is full of life. It's great to see him growing and starting to catch up. It's really been a miracle and I like to think the thoughts and prayers of this wonderful group have had some effect on this outcome. :hugfriend
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It is wonderfull to read some good news.
well done Kalifah.
goodluck to Abdulwahab I'm happy for his goodhealth.
Canadian-family we appreciate your contribution and we all love you just the way you are.
the group and myself thank you, for all the support you give.
hope you and your family are doing well
Kathy
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Hi everyone,
Only parents can feel what Khalifa is going through because when I read his post the only two person I could think of was my mom and dad.
I know what my mother went through when I was little. In Saudi Arab Thals. were admitted and Transfusions were given at night; my mom would sit by my bed through the whole process as I would cry when see her out of sight. She would sit through the whole night too lest I woke up and wouldn't even go to refresh herself as only the mother was allowed to stay with the admitted patients. I was too small to understand that like she fulfilled my needs, she needed the same for herself. Now I wish I could travel back in time and change everything. Sometimes I wonder who was in more pain; me or my parents who went through all the trouble just for me!
My father went through all that which I have posted in another thread and I just pray....Please God!! End all the pain and tests of tolerance for all the parents and patients! We are not worthy of it.
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All very emotional stuff,
And let me tell you i am unable to express my feelings most of the time due to the language problem,i try my best but most of the time i feel that i fail to express my emotions,like how much i wish i can hug danielle and ease her pain,like how much i know what Khalifa must have gone through,being a parent i can understand, like how much i care for brother Sajid,and how much does he inspire me,and like i totally envy Manal, :rotfl she is such a loving mother,caring for her son beyond belief,like how i am thankful to Sharmin for sending IP6 for my daughter,and Andy i think i can't express even in my language how highly i think of you,and how Kathy sometimes makes me laugh and let me forget my worries.
SO, you see Canadian Family,you are not alone :),in not expressing emotions.
Join the club :wink
ZAINI.
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So Its settled, I'm electing myself : the clown of the group. :woot :woot :woot :wub :wub :wub :wub :wub :wub :wub :blah :blah :blah :blah :blah :blah
Its a compliment and a gift to be able to make another laugh.
You are welcome, I'm happy to be of service.
Emotional stuff is very important in our lives :grouphug :grouphug :grouphug :grouphug :grouphug
Flowers for every one :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers
I do care for every single member of this forum,you are all my virtual family and your company allows me not to feel alone in my struggles with my health. Thank-you to every single one of you.
I'm blessed to have you to read from everyday of my life.
I wish you all goodluck and hapiness most of all good health.
Much love Kathy.
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Khalifa,
I am so glad to hear that Abdulwahab is doing better - it makes my heart feel lighter. It is so wonderful to read all your posts because you are all so wonderful! I love you all. I've been having some problems and haven't been posting very much. My husband has been very sick.
Take care everyone, Jean
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Hi Jean.
I have been thinking about you ,I hope your husband is getting better,without mentioning you are always in my prayers,
Take care and goodluck my friend.
Love kathy
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Dear Jean
We all missed you too. Sorry to hear about the sickness of your husband, i wish him a speedy recovery. :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell :getwell
Take care
Manal
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Hi Jean,
We have missed you around here. I hope that everything goes well with you. Please keep us posted on your husband's health. Praying for his speedy recovery :pray
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Hello Jean,
I hope you and your huband both are doing well,sending prayers your way :).
ZAINI.
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Hi all
i know long time no writing any thing but i was very busy with my kids they fall down in flue one by one and my job is taken them to the hospital one by one :banghead also they are always fighting each other :catfight also i did all comunication with the hospital in Rome for my son Abdulwahab for his folow up any way am going back to italy saturday 2nd of february he is ok no blood trans. for almost two years his HB is ok arround 10 PLT more than 250.000 WBC within normal range his imunety go up since we stop Medrol ... when i came back i'll informe you what happened ..
khalifa
state of kuwait
one for all and all for one
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Hi Khalifa
I am really very happy for Abdulwahab.I wish him all the happiness and joy.
Good Luck
Dimple
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Hi Khalifa,
Thanks for the update! Good to know he is recovering nicely.
Wishing you all the best for your children. Hope they :getwell
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All the best Khalifa,
I hope everything checks out great for Abdulwahab,
Sharmin
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Khalifa,
All the best...Hope all is well with Abdulwahab's check-up.