11/10/14

The last 2 days have been uneventful for the most part and we aint complaining. Eli remains on 2 antibiotics as they continue trying to determine which would be the better one for the infection he has. We hope by the time Eli is discharged they have it figured out so that we can do just one at home.

We had a very nice amount of visitors which we always appreciate and enjoy and today one of them (Achashvayrosh as we call him) brought lunch for the whole staff and they also appreciated it. THANK YOU

The plan is for 7:30AM to be wheeled into the OR to put in a port. I’m not familiar fully yet with it but my understanding is that its all completely under the skin and when it needs to be used its a very easy process. This allows Eli to finally be able to take showers and get his whole body wet which he hasn’t been able to do for 2 years!! It also is IYH much less prone to infections. Once its in and Eli is able to hold his own after the surgery we will then go back to our room and be shown how to use it at home. Hopefully soon after that Eli should be on his way home after a long 5+ days in CHLA.

Please daven that this new line and procedure should go well for Elimelech Ben Basya and that Eli and all cholim should be zoche to see a refua shelayma bkarov.

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