1/5/13

BH we had a most relaxing and enjoyable shabos with Eli’s blood counts very good he was very excited and in a good mood so he went Friday night to Shul, ate a very nice seudah and went to bed. He woke up and again wanted very much to go to Shul so of course we allowed and wanted him to be able to get out as long as his blood counts allow him to. We then went to a friends house for shabos lunch and Eli was very on his game making everyone laugh and have a good time.

We are doing all we can to keep him in a good mood and high spirits as long as he is up to it and in the mood (of course with the doctors blessings) to go and take him to places and do things he enjoys. Beezrat Hashem he will be up to seeing his class as a whole on Sunday and enjoy some outdoor recess with them.

All of this is being done before he begins round 2 of chemo on Monday which of course will put a dent in his mood but hopefully nothing to significant as we are all happy to see Eli taking his situation bli ayin hora so far extremely well and hope that continues all the way to his final treatment on the road to a full recovery for Elimelech Ben Basya Bsoch shaar choley Yisroel.

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