2/18/13

Eli woke up very happy and was ready to go to CHLA the problem was CHLA wasn’t ready for Eli they had no beds available. So Eli got to hang out at home and eat a lot which BH showed on the scale when he did finally check in at 1:00 PM. He spent the afternoon with his mother playing games and getting fluid IVs. Finally after a few delays the chemo finally began at about 10PM. Eli then finally went to sleep shortly after that.

Eli’s brother, sister and I spent that later part of the afternoon at a pre purim party arranged by chai lifeline and the kids really had a blast with the jugglers, clowns, getting dressed up, face painting and eating supper there. It was a good lift for them as they really miss Eli when he isn’t home it really took their little minds off of the situation and we thank them for this and all the help they have and continue to do on ours and Eli’s behalf.

We continue to hope and daven that this round of chemo will not yield the somewhat expected side effects they have told us about and hopefully Elimelech Ben Basya will continue to gain weight, keep up the great mood he’s been in and have the strength to fight this machla until he has a complete refua BKAROV

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