No Special Occassion, just something I wanted to share, please use your own discretion.

No matter how many times or how many tears, it will never bring back my baby girl, I miss, love you dearly my sweet angel. When they told me I was going to have triplets, I was so shocked, happy, and going to be a proud momma of 3 babies. I took my shots, medicine, vitamins as provided.

The doctor wanted me to reduce the pregnancy, meaning, like an abortion, to minimize the fetuses inside me. I declined. Months past, I grew bigger and bigger when I couldn’t take anymore, I was forbidden to go anywhere; I was in bed mostly because of my size of my belly. I went for 33 weeks and 5 days, they said, that this is perfect and the longest for anyone, that’s their opinion. I was happy; I saw my ultrasound in the hospital bed. “You are ready to deliver!” the doctor said. I packed for my delivery. We drove to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is the Capital of KSA. It’s so crowded!!

They immediately admitted me, because of my size of the belly, I couldn’t walk, and I was wheelchair inside the hospital. My husband saw me go into the room and said “bring me a winner!” We laughed. I went to my room, and lied down; I was so tired and exhausted. Many people came in and see me and said WOW! There’s a word in Arabic we say; Mashallah! Means good things are from God!

The nurse asked me, “You want to hear their heartbeats?” I said, “YES!” I heard them, I started to cry w/joy, wishing my husband would come and hear them…

3 days past and nothing..lol, finally my water broke, and I screamed “NURSE!” I told her my water broke she called the doctor and examined me and they prepared me for C-Section. I rolled into the OR and counted 15 people in the room for me. I went under, and Woke up to “ wake up” I woke up stoned… and wanting to throw up. I rubbed my tummy and no big belly anymore. They rolled me out and said, Congrates, you have all girls!!! I cried w/joy and happiness.

Next few days, are the hardest for me to this day, I finally saw my girls they were in NICU. I saw my girls and my angel Lora. Mashallah, Lora had a full head of hair, and the prettiest eyes you would ever seen, brownish-green. So beautiful. MY first one was in full recovery and headed upstairs, followed by my second one. Lora stayed.

I can’t go on anymore, please read my desperate plea for help regarding Lora. She’s my world to me.

PLEASE READ: VERY IMPORTANT!!!
To whom it may concern:
I am emailing you this letter in regards pertaining to my daughter Lora. She is now hospitalized at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, in Riyadh. My baby is the last of the triplets, born on November 19, 2006 at King Fahd Medical City also in Riyadh.
The doctors of King Fahd, examined her and they found out that she has a rare Laryngeal Tracheo Esophageal Cleft type III, a small hole in the heart, a small stomach because always had secretions coming from her mouth. The doctors at King Fahd, advise us to transfer her to King Faisal Hospital. So, we did it. She was then transferred to King Faisal Specialist Hospital. Because they have a good surgeon and that they couldn’t do the surgery at King Fahd Medical City. She was hospitalized from November 19 - December 27, 2006 at King Fahd Medical City.

She was then examined by the doctors at King Faisal; they said the same thing at King Fahd. Since, then she is still hospitalized at King Faisal. The doctors examined her she needed surgery for the heart, esophagus, trachea, stomach. She has a rare anomaly LARNGEAL TRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL CLEFT TYPE III; this is rare in Saudi Arabia they told me. Also, MICROGASTRIA, VSD (COMPLEX). They told us the consequences if the trachea and esophagus fused together, then after the surgery the heart and the same thing for the heart the consequences.

At that time, both surgeries where successful the separation of the trachea and esophagus and the heart as well. BUT, we noticed after that she has 3 times to my knowledge lung collapse, whole body edema and upper body edema. Which she never had lung collapse and the edema at King Fahd. Two weeks ago, they mentioned the rectovaginal fistula. Which is, she never had THIS one at King Fahd.

The date of her first surgery was at King Faisal: January 16 for the separation of the Trachea and Esophagus (LARNGEAL TRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL CLEFT TYPE III.) As I recalled, this surgery was ’successful’ according to the pediatric surgeon. The next step was the heart, for VSD. That too was successful, as I was told at that time. Since then Lora was up and down, like a rollercoaster, w/lung collapse of the left lung and edema. Every day I called, to see how she is, they replied: “she’s fine,” We noticed Tuesday last week, she was ‘improving’ a lot, with oxygen machine and nitric oxide. On Wednesday, they removed the nitric oxide, because they said she was doing “good”. “Thank GOD” Also, we notice the pressure of the oxygen going down. I talked to the head pediatric surgeon, he told me about the next step, about putting the trach. Instead of the tube down her lungs, this is “good step”. We were so happy my family and I.

BUT, yesterday, March 12, 2007 Dr. Regal called, he mentioned to us that the heart wasn’t successful. WE WERE SHOCKED, DEVASTED, DESTROYED my dreams of having my daughter in my arms. He told us that on the medical side that they couldn’t do “nothing”. Even, we couldn’t decide to do another operation.

When I asked the doctor HOW COME didn’t tell us from the beginning about her heart not successful???? When I asked him this question, he said we could NOT take xray of the heart, just blood cultures. But I notice, they can take XRAY almost every day for the lungs!!!!!! And we notice also, ECG for the heart was Fine. Even the O2 saturation in the 90s.

Please I really need a solution for my daughter. I need a 2nd opinion. PLEASE I want to save my daughter’s life….

Please contact me ASAP.
I really thank you for your time and understanding.

With regards,
Lora’s Parents

P.S. UPDATE: MARCH 20, 2007, my daughter is back on the HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR VENTILATOR her oxygen is at: 40 - 80%, with Nitric Oxide. At times, her oxygen tends to go up when she is being handled. She has a central line as of Feb. 17. The cardiologist team saw her and they want to repair the patch. But there is an option for medication.

Sadly, while we were driving to Riyadh on May 19, 2007 early morning the doctor called at 1am saying they couldn’t revive her from her CODE BLUE. I was told she had one later that evening. To this day, and forever, I’m deeply saddened over my lost of my little angel; she would look like between my girls. I need to be there for my girls now; I shared this touching story to you and your family. If you have anything please email me. Your thoughts will deeply matter to me and my family.
Love,
camelcrusher

REUNITED...........

I am happy to say that I found my cousins.....

I want to thank my good friend...........you know who you are.........

More to come...............

YEAR coming to an END............

Well, the year is coming to an end.
There are some high and lows.

My high are the girls...
My Low is losing my baby..at 5 months..
People say forget............how do u forget when u lost your baby to medical reasons which I think it could have been treatable? ....

I hope next year 2008 INSHALLAH BE better.........!!

See you NEXT year.........

What Do Women Really Want?

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youthful happiness. So he offered him freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur, would have a year to figure out the answer. If, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be killed. The question was: What do women really want? Such a question would have perplexed even the most knowledgeable man, and, to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. Since it was better than death, however, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody; the princess, the prostitutes, priests, the wise men, and the court jester. In all, he spoke with everyone but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. What most people did tell him was to consult the old witch, as only she would know the answer. The price would be high as the witch was famous for the exorbitant prices she charged.The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to accept her price; the old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most noble of the Knights of the Round table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified, she was hunchbacked and awfully hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like a sewer and often made obscene noises. He had never run across such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend to marry her and to have to endure such a burden.Gawain upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him that nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round table. Hence, their wedding was proclaimed, and the witch answered Arthur's question.What a woman really wants is to be able to be in charge of her own life.Everyone instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it went. The neighboring monarch spared Arthur's life and granted him total freedom.What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between relief and anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The old witch put her worst manners on display. She ate with her hands, belched and farted, and made everyone uncomfortable. The wedding night approached: Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific night, entered the bedroom. What a sight awaited! The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen lay before him! Gawain was astounded and asked what had happened.The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she'd been a witch, half the time she would be her horrible, deformed self. And the other half, she would be her beautiful maiden self. Which would,he want her to be during the day and which during the night? What a cruel question! Gawain began to think of his predicament.During the day a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his home, an old spooky witch? Or would he prefer having by day a hideous witch, but by night a beautiful woman to enjoy many intimate moments.What would you do?What Gawain chose follows below, but don't read until you've made your own choice.

*Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time, because he had respected her and had let her be in charge of her own life.What is the moral of the story?The moral is that it doesn't matter if a woman is pretty or ugly, smart or dumb. Underneath it all, she's still a . . . . . witch!!!

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No posting is good Posting?

Hi ALL,

Sorry , that I haven't been posting because I have my girls to keep me busy and communicating w/someone is impossible....lol j/k...

Hopefully, I will post some soon.

Take care...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Hi gang, I want to take us briefly away for a moment, and have you take at look at these 'true' facts I found on the net, little bits and pieces. Enjoy!


The person who wrote the famous song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning" burnt to death when their home caught fire.

In 1970, television newswoman Chris Hubbock announced, "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in gore and guts in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide". Then she pulled out a gun and fatally shot herself in the head.

Eric II, King of Denmark, died in 1104. He was known as Eric the Memorable. No one remembers why.

Napoleon killed over a thousand people with a cough. In 1799 he was deciding whether to release 1,200 Turkish prisoners of war when he coughed and said, "Ma sacre toux!" (my darned cough) which sounded to officers like "Massacrez tout!" (Kill them all!). So they did.

Mummies were so plentiful when first discovered that they were ground up and sold as fertilizer and put into medicines

Residents of death row in Texas are forbidden to smoke. Guess they're afraid they'd get cancer and die. Perhaps some can enlighten me as to why?

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More to come.....

The Holy Month of Ramadan

Ramadan Mubarak! I hope everyone is enjoying the holy month. Sorry, I haven't post anything because I am busy!! Here is some information regarding Ramadan. Enjoy!

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar, is considered as one of the holiest months of the year. It was in 610 A.D. when the prophet Muhammad was said to have received revelations from God that later became Islam’s holy book, the Quran (Koran).

The Quran (2:185) states that it was in the month of Ramadan that the Quran was revealed. In fact, Ramadan commemorates that part, of the Muslim year, when "the Qur'an was sent down as a guidance for the people" and also for the " judgment between the right and wrong". Another verse of the Quran (97:1) states that it was revealed "on the night of determination," which Muslims generally observe on the night of 26-27 Ramadan.

The holy season begins with the sighting of the crescent moon on the evening following the new moon and lasts for 29 or 30 days depending on the lunar cycle. According to the Quran, Muslims must see the New Moon with the naked eye before they can begin their fast. The practice has arisen that two witnesses should testify to this before a qadi (judge), who, if satisfied, communicates the news to the mufti (the interpreter of Muslim law), who orders the beginning of the fast. It has become usual for Middle Eastern Arab countries to accept, with reservations, the verdict of Cairo. Should the New Moon prove to be invisible, then the month Sha'ban, immediately preceding Ramadan, will be reckoned as 30 days in length, and the fast will begin on the day following the last day of this month. Ramadan, the ninth month, is observed throughout the Muslim world as a month of fasting. The end of the fast follows the same procedure. By fasting, Muslims believe they can learn the discipline and self-restraint that Mohammed preached. Thus fasting is taken as a form of worship and a time of empowerment.

Even though from dawn to sunset, Muslims abstain from food, drink and all sensual pleasures, that doesn’t mean food is entirely out of the picture. Two main meals are taken each day during Ramadan. The souhoor begins each day before dawn and the aftar breaks the fast after sunset. At the sundown each day the fast is broken with the dates and water or the apricot drink. Mostly this is followed by a traditional soup like lentil and a salad like 'fattoushi'. However, the main meal can be anything. There are no restrictions, olives, cheeses, meats, everything just goes. Every family has its traditional dishes to enjoy. Also sweets are also an important part of Ramadan food. Usually ladies at home prepare the special Ramadan dishes for the evening meal. Many go out to give the women a break. Visits are exchanged for a community get together and feasts within their own faith. But it is not prudent to indulge in eating too much while after the fast. Because the stomach shrinks during this fast. In fact, the fast loses its meaning with an indulgence.