7/20/14

With the crazy traffic leaving NYC we managed to get to Lakewood just before Shabos BH. Once we got there we were met by my father who surprised us by flying in to spend a special Shabos with my mother who was already in NY at the home of my brother in Lakewood. We had a beautiful relaxed Shabos with Eli for the most part feeling very good.

Sunday morning started with a visit to my Bubby Hellman who was in Lakewood for Shabos and whom hasn’t seen Eli since being diagnosed as we haven’t and will not be telling her of his situation. Being that this is Elis first time in NY and has some hair it was a safe bet that she wouldn’t think anything and BH she didn’t. We then went with my father and received a special brocha from Reb Matisyahu Solomon. Late in the morning we were met by all of the Gradon/Ribiat families from the East Coast some who schlepped very far to spend the afternoon with Eli at my brothers house and we all thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated it. THANK YOU so much to Nechama and Nachum for putting up an amazing Shabos and an amazing weekend we all really enjoyed.

It was then at 3PM that we went to MSKCC to have Eli labs drawn to see if the counts are ok to start the MIBG therapy Tuesday. I don’t know what the DR will decide but the numbers were not where we hoped they would be. We will find out in the morning what the plan is but beezrat hashem things will not get pushed off and if they do hopefully not to long.

Please continue having Elimelech Ben Basya in all your tefilos.

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