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Eli BH continues to amaze us about how strong he is physically getting and how well he so far has taken to his situation. He knows most of what is going on and when and what’s going to be taking place next. While we never hoped that Eli would have any machla espically this one letting him know what’s going on and what the plan and treatments are going to be has left him feeling very good that he’s in the know.

I walked into his classroom today to pick up some homework and sheets that we want him to do while he is at home and I told the boys how much Eli appreciated their letters and toys they have sent him. I also told them that hopefully on Sunday Eli will come for a few minutes to see his class and play with them at recess to which they were all screaming with excitement. I told Eli about that and it really gave him a big lift and we and he hope he will be up to actually doing that.

IYH on Monday Eli will start round 2 of chemo and will hopefully take to it as good as can be expected and our hope is that it should be outpatient so that he can spend the night at home if all goes well after each treatment. We are davening that Elimelech Ben Basya has ZERO side effects to any of the treatments so that he will continue to gain his strength back and be able to do what all other 7 year olds should be doing bkarov. Gut shabos

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