2/12/15

Since being admitted and finally getting into a room they have Eli on very high doses of constant morphine to help with the pain he is having. A x-ray done in the ER showed a large backup of stool that needs to move. We are hoping that to be the cause of the pain but isn’t likely that is the only cause.
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This afternoon they did a CT scan which didn’t show anything to be overly concerned about. BH there is no disease in any vital organs but at the same time it doesn’t show any improvement from the last CT. There are many aspects that need to be ‎juggled at the same time. Being on high doses of pain medication is causing constepation and higher heart rates. And at the same time they need to get the pain manageable so that they can begin chemo again.

All in all seeing Eli in this situation is hard to put it mildly but at the same time there is relief that BH the disease hasn’t traveled to any vital organs. We hope that with all the medication kicking in and beezrat hashem Eli having to use the bathroom the pain will significantly subside so that we can move ahead with continuing to fight this machla.
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As always please continue having Elimelech Ben Basya in all your tefilos. On Wed will be Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar and IYH there will be a special Yom Kipur Koton in our Shul Sharei Tora (time to be announced) bzchus Eli and the many other Cholim. ‎
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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