My name is Mona Zarei and I am writing to you from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Miami, Florida.
I am a 26-yearold graduate of Sharif University in Tehran, currently a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the Florida International University. Unfortunately after only four months living in America, in November 2007, I was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, which has gradually led to bone marrow failure.
Despite the dramatic affects of the disease on my day-to-day life and its harsh unknown emerging consequences, I have fulfilled my studies, teaching, and research obligations in order to keep my scholarship and health insurance. During this time, my physicians have exhausted all available means and treatments to control the symptoms of my incurable condition. Still I am struggling with the dangerous complications of my condition. Despite my deep desire for their presence by my side, my parents were not granted visitor's visas to come and visit me and stay by my bedside. I have fought this by myself for almost two years trying to stay strong and keep my spirits high.
Within the last two months, I have been repeatedly hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU). As my medical team has concluded, my only option for survival is a bone marrow transplant. I have tried several bone marrow banks, but have not been successful in finding a match.
Scientifically, the possibility of finding a match among Iranians is higher than those of other nationalities. It is for this reason that I am reaching out to you for help in saving my life.
The test that will determine your bone marrow type requires only a few cells that you yourself can easily swab from your cheek. The test doesn't hurt you in any way and won't cost you a cent! Through the kind support of PACI (Persian American Cancer Institute), anyone can be tested for FREE through 1/31/2010. To register and receive a FREE test kit, visit www.paci.org.
If you do turn out to be my match, all I will need is some of the stem cells of your blood to be transferred to my body. This still doesn't require surgery, only a little bit of your blood.
These past few months of hardship have caused me to reach the end of my rope. I am unsure how much longer I have to live. But what I do know is that the one thing that can save my life is a matching donor.
And with Iranians like you, I am unwilling to lose hope!
I desperately need your help and kind support in finding my match.
"Be the one to save a life"
With respect, Mona Zarei
posted by admin on:
10/30/09
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posted by admin on:
10/23/09
Help Michael Brewer
Hello everyone
Please help this little boy who had gasoline poured on him and set on fire.
He is the grandson of my VERY DEAR FRIEND.
so any donation, however small would really help him. Please pass to all your contacts and please pray for him.
Thanks
Nancy
Brewer remains at Jackson Memorial Hospital 's Burn Center with second and third degree burns to nearly two thirds of his body. Doctors believe his recovery will take many months, and, if he survives, he would have to take medication for as long as a year.
You can make a donation to help Brewer and his family by sending a check or making a deposit at any Bank of America branch.
Make the check payable to the Michael Brewer Foundation, and note the account number 898035752616 in the memo portion of the check.
posted by admin on:
09/25/09
The season of flu
Dear Friends,
If you feel this is worth sharing please do so and I have no objection to changing the signature and adding further if you wish.
We are a polite & loving community. To show our respect we offer to shake hands or hug and kiss at all occasions upon greeting or saying farewell. The season of flu is now upon us and this year more than ever with the H1N1 flu and the spread of it, we have been put on warning by the health department and WHO (World Health Organization) that the less of such contacts it would be healthier for all of us, the world community. It is the welfare of all at stake. We must seriously consider this, in particular the safety of many elderly, children, individuals with different illnesses amongst us.
For your own safety, carry hand disinfecting wipes with you. Any grocery store that does not offer disinfecting wipes clean the handle of your cart and ask the store to please provide for future (imagine how many thousands use carts at any one chain of "large grocery stores" on daily basis and the possibility of spread of the flu virus)? If they don't provide them let's ask them to take care of this important safety net.
Remember in coughing, etc. do not use your hands, but top of your elbow or a tissue to cover your mouth (Peyk 123, page 22 - www.pccus.org).
Give a beautiful smile to greet .
Give best wishes to depart .
Let's try and keep everyone healthy.
Warm regards,
Shahri
posted by admin on:
09/09/09
looking for a composer!
Salam.
Man yek soale ajib daram. Man tu Australia zendegi mikonam, ahle rusie hastam va 2.5 sale ke pishe khodam zabune farsi ro yad migiram va kheyli dusesh daram va ham musighiye irani ro hamchanin. Man sher be farsi migam (in hata baraye khodam kheyli ajibe!!) va fekr mikonam ke sheram bishtar mesle ahangha hastand. Kheyli dust daram ke kesi ba yeki az sheram ye ahang besaze!! Shayad yek pishnahad baram dashte bashin. Man do ta az sheram baratoon miferestam - midunam ke hatman kheyli mashghul hastin amma in chiz baram kheyli mohemm shode! Dar khatame 2 sher baratoon miferestam – be horufe inglisi, just in case! Omidvaram ke mozaheme shoma nabasham!
