1/21/15

We spent a very long beezrat hashem productive day at CHLA. We were there at 9AM and started hydration for 4 hours before Eli was finally ready and approved for stem cell transplant. The actual giving of the stem cells takes a few short minutes and its done by IV thru his line. Prior to the transplant Eli received a platelet transfusion. The hope is that this will help jump start Elis immune system and platelet count so that his body will be ready for the next phase of treatment in a somewhat timely manner.

Late this evening Eli received a guest singer Benny Friedman who helped lift Elis mood up after the very long day at the hospital. It wasn’t until after 5PM that we finally got home and by 6:45 Benny was entertaining Eli.

Another very special surprise came in the mail today from people Eli never knew or met. A class in Staten Island NY sent Eli a full box of prizes and a beautiful poster board full of well wishes. There are some very truly special people out there that really know how to hit the spot and this was truly appreciated and special. THANK YOU

IYH Thursday midday we are off to Miami and we are looking forward to a relaxed weekend that we can all use. There will be a staff of nurses and DRs there and we hope not to need them.

Please as always keep Elimelech Ben Basya bsoch shaar choley yisroel in all your tefilos.

One thought on “1/21/15”

gila January 22, 2015 at 8:37 pm

our first and deepest prayers are with Elimelech ben BAsya on our minds. We love you Eli!!!!!!!!

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Special Announcement

For the last few months a group of our close friends have been arranging to join Chai Lifelines marathon taking place in Florida on 2/2/14. They have already 12+ people just on the “team Eli” group along the many others that run for Chai Lifeline. To do so every runner goes through MONTHS of rigorous training which they have all began doing already. This is one of the bigger fundraisers for Chai Lifeline who anyone who has ever needed their services knows how vital they are when a family member is going through a illness. And for those who BH haven’t had a sick family member and beezrat hashem will never have should know that they are simply a lifeline. Always there and always thinking about what they can do to take their chesed to the next level.

Our family will forever be makir tov to them for what they have done for us and continue to do. Every runner that signs up is essentially pledging $3600 to join the CL team. Aside from the training they do they must also raise the $$. On the link below there is a team Eli page which shows how much together the team has raised but you can click on each persons name and donate directly to their pledge. We beezrat hashem hope as a family to be there together with Eli who will be pushed in a wheelchair/stroller by one of the runners during the marathon

I look at this as a insurance plan that hopefully your donation should chas vshalom never be used towards your family or anyone you know but for us its the ultimate lifeline. Again I ask that anyone that can should please donate whatever they can “every dollar counts”. If you can donate $5 great if you can do more even better. If you can fully sponsor a runner would be amazing. There is also nothing wrong with a runner more then fulfilling their pledges for this great and worthy cause.

Anyone wishing to join the team should please email Ayalaback@gmail.com and anyone wishing to donate should please go to this link: http://www.teamlifeline.org/myteam.php?myid=88.

All I can say simply is “tizku lmitzvos”

The Gradons