2/2/13

After finally getting home from CHLA after a very rough week Eli finally made it to the new house where everything was set perfectly for him. Eli insisted that he go to Shul Friday night so i reluctantly took him. Unfortunately he was very weak so I pushed him in a stroller so he can be where he loves to be SHUL. He enjoyed being there davened a little had a candy and said gut shabos to everyone. We were hoping that he would be up to eating but he really wasn’t and after kidush he went to bed. Hoping he would get a good night sleep without all the disturbances he gets while in the hospital. However he woke up a few times to throw up the liquid which was the only thing he had in his system.

Shabos morning we ate by a friend and Eli said all he wants is chulent which we were very happy to give him being it was the first food that he wanted to eat since Wednesday morning! He had 2 bowls of chulent and BH seemed very happy and so were we. Eli rested for most of the afternoon and then again insisted on going to Shul for mincha the only problem was once we got there he got very nauseous from the smell of the shalosh seudos food so we couldn’t stay.

We are hoping Elimelech Ben Basya wakes up tommorow with a stronger appetite so we can get him to eat and hold the food down as he is extremely skinny and weak at this current time. We have 2 weeks IYH until the next round of chemo and we hope to have Eli with all his strength and good modes back way before then so that he can continue this fight on the way to his complete refuah BKAROV. A GUT VOCH

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