Mr. Ballin

That morning when Umar went to his daughter's bedroom, you know, he's still dealing with this horrible headache. You know, he makes his way into the bedroom and he goes down to pick his daughter up from her crib. And as he's reaching down to grab her, he freezes because on the bed, on the pillow right behind the baby is all the baby's hair. The baby had clearly lost huge chunks of her hair.

And so Umar at this point forgot about his headache and yelled for Samira. And even though she's super lethargic, she could tell this is an emergency. So she got up and made her way into the bedroom and she looked down too and saw the hair and she reached down and scooped the baby up and she turned the baby over. And sure enough, there was a huge bald spot on the back of their baby's head.

And so Umar at this point forgot about his headache and yelled for Samira. And even though she's super lethargic, she could tell this is an emergency. So she got up and made her way into the bedroom and she looked down too and saw the hair and she reached down and scooped the baby up and she turned the baby over. And sure enough, there was a huge bald spot on the back of their baby's head.

And so Umar at this point forgot about his headache and yelled for Samira. And even though she's super lethargic, she could tell this is an emergency. So she got up and made her way into the bedroom and she looked down too and saw the hair and she reached down and scooped the baby up and she turned the baby over. And sure enough, there was a huge bald spot on the back of their baby's head.

But Umar and Samira, they said to each other right away that, wait a minute, you know, I know this is scary, but it is actually a thing that newborn babies sometimes do lose their hair.

But Umar and Samira, they said to each other right away that, wait a minute, you know, I know this is scary, but it is actually a thing that newborn babies sometimes do lose their hair.

But Umar and Samira, they said to each other right away that, wait a minute, you know, I know this is scary, but it is actually a thing that newborn babies sometimes do lose their hair.

But when they went online and looked at the age range of when that's kind of a common thing to happen, it was pretty obvious that their baby being 10 months old was a little bit too old for losing her hair to be considered a normal thing. And so Umar and Samira sat there and continued Googling, you know, what could this be? You know, my 10 month old baby is losing her hair.

But when they went online and looked at the age range of when that's kind of a common thing to happen, it was pretty obvious that their baby being 10 months old was a little bit too old for losing her hair to be considered a normal thing. And so Umar and Samira sat there and continued Googling, you know, what could this be? You know, my 10 month old baby is losing her hair.

But when they went online and looked at the age range of when that's kind of a common thing to happen, it was pretty obvious that their baby being 10 months old was a little bit too old for losing her hair to be considered a normal thing. And so Umar and Samira sat there and continued Googling, you know, what could this be? You know, my 10 month old baby is losing her hair.

And there were lots of explanations ranging from, you know, ringworm to some severe infection to some rare genetic disorder. And all of it was kind of terrifying. And also none of it really lined up with what they were seeing with their daughter. And so the parents were like, you know what? Clearly, we don't know what this is. We've all been sick for a week. We have to bring our baby to the doctor.

And there were lots of explanations ranging from, you know, ringworm to some severe infection to some rare genetic disorder. And all of it was kind of terrifying. And also none of it really lined up with what they were seeing with their daughter. And so the parents were like, you know what? Clearly, we don't know what this is. We've all been sick for a week. We have to bring our baby to the doctor.

And there were lots of explanations ranging from, you know, ringworm to some severe infection to some rare genetic disorder. And all of it was kind of terrifying. And also none of it really lined up with what they were seeing with their daughter. And so the parents were like, you know what? Clearly, we don't know what this is. We've all been sick for a week. We have to bring our baby to the doctor.

And so as Samira got on the phone and called the baby's doctor, Umar hopped in the shower to get ready to go to the doctor. And as soon as he began shampooing his hair, he noticed clumps of his hair were falling out. And so all of a sudden it dawned on him that whatever's going on with his baby is going on with him and very likely going on with his wife too.

And so as Samira got on the phone and called the baby's doctor, Umar hopped in the shower to get ready to go to the doctor. And as soon as he began shampooing his hair, he noticed clumps of his hair were falling out. And so all of a sudden it dawned on him that whatever's going on with his baby is going on with him and very likely going on with his wife too.

And so as Samira got on the phone and called the baby's doctor, Umar hopped in the shower to get ready to go to the doctor. And as soon as he began shampooing his hair, he noticed clumps of his hair were falling out. And so all of a sudden it dawned on him that whatever's going on with his baby is going on with him and very likely going on with his wife too.

And it was at this point too that Umar remembered that strange smell when they first walked into their apartment after coming back from their trip. Now, they had opened up all the windows and lit candles and, you know, the smell had kind of dissipated. And then they had shut the windows again and they hadn't smelled it again.

And it was at this point too that Umar remembered that strange smell when they first walked into their apartment after coming back from their trip. Now, they had opened up all the windows and lit candles and, you know, the smell had kind of dissipated. And then they had shut the windows again and they hadn't smelled it again.

And it was at this point too that Umar remembered that strange smell when they first walked into their apartment after coming back from their trip. Now, they had opened up all the windows and lit candles and, you know, the smell had kind of dissipated. And then they had shut the windows again and they hadn't smelled it again.

And so Umar began thinking, wait a minute, maybe we've just gone nose blind to the smell and maybe there's some sort of contamination in the air. Maybe there's a gas leak or something worse than that.