5/4/13

We didn’t get as much time to relax as we would of liked over shabos due to Eli not sleeping to well and having a lot of pain in his mouth (a side effect from the chemo he got a week ago). There were few things he was able to eat but was mostly eating a lot of freeze pops. One good thing was that he had more strength then he has had lately and that’s probably a result of the blood transfusion he got on Friday. It seems for now that Eli can’t have both an appetite and strength at the same time. We hope that trend will end as soon and as quick as possible.

Eli of course insisted on going to shul Shabos morning and although it takes him a while to get himself physically together in the morning we finally did get there and he even walked a decent amount. We are hoping Eli has a good nights sleep and wakes up with no pain and full of strength so that we can have a full week of working him back to full strength.

As always Elimelech Ben Basya can use our tefilos and they are a big part of what’s getting us and Eli thru these tough few weeks and months and we hope to have a much better and relaxed week. 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