4/24/15

Eli was in CHLA on Thursday for lab draws and a DR appt which both went BH ok. His platelets aren’t exactly where they would want it but not terrible at all either. On Monday IYH Eli will be back for another round of chemo which he was cleared for by the DR. They will first do another lab draw and if his platelets aren’t exactly where they want them then he will first get a transfusions followed by chemo.

A side effect which didn’t happen for the first few rounds of this chemo has been once again extreme diahrea which they warned us and during each round Eli was on antibiotics to help it but now it seems to be out of control. As of today he started a high dose of stronger antibiotics to hopefully slow down the diahrea to a normal level.

Other then that Eli is happy and in a good mood lately even making it one night to a basketball game which he really enjoyed. He has been an almost regular for lunch at Shilos which he loves to and thanks to the “uncles” who brought him each time.

Elimelech Ben Basya lrefua shelayma bsoch shaar choley yisroel. A 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