7/6/13

Eli had BH one of the better shabosim he has had in a long time. He went to shul for all 3 tefilos and got himself around the house on his own a lot better then he has in a while. He is definitely gaining strength and eating a larger variety as each day passes. In shul this morning Eli saw Binyomin Chaim Ben Faigie Sarah and even though Benny is a lot younger they have a bond and they both shook each others hand and looked at each other with “hey I know what you are going thru” look. Then later in the afternoon Eli had another special visitor whose smile lit up our house it was Chaya Mushka Bas Hadassa Shaina who is a local 10 year old girl who is also fighting and IYH winning a similar machla. All these kids have one thing in common you never see them complain and they almost always have a smile on their faces.

Over the next few days we hope beezrat hashem to continue to see Eli gain more strength and his appetite grow. He has a long way to go until he is the weight he should be and with the strength that we can soon say god bye to the stroller and hello again to a bike. But as things have gone so far and will IYH continue Eli has proven he can and will get there sooner then we think.

Please continue as always to daven for Elimelech Ben Basya and the above mentioned special children bsoch shaar choley yisroel as we help them continue to fight and beat this machla. 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