4/18/14

Elis counts are climbing but are still not at the level needed to start the next round of chemo. I spoke with the DR today who said its very normal that it should take this long after the very high dose chemo that Eli had. The next time they will try is IYH Monday morning and if they are good we will check in to CHLA on Wed. If they are still not good they will try again on Thursday.

Eli was out at a amusement park on Thursday Chol Hamoed and shockingly was in the mood and went on a bunch of rides. We enjoyed the day espicially seeing Eli so happy and in a such a good mood. On a side note Eli felt very special when I told him that over the last week aside from the people signed up to get the email updates the website Eligradon.com reached 100,000 hits this week and he now feels like a celebrity. We look forward to enjoying Shabos and the 2nd days some meals at home, some at friends and some at Bubby and Zaidy with the cousins.

Please as always continue to have Elimelech Ben Basya as well as all cholim in mind over Shabos and YT in your tefilos.

Also Chana Tova Bas Esther Shoshana who is suffering from the same machla as Eli is currently in middle of a very long surgery in the East Coast and we wish them nothing short of the ultimate goal we all look forward to a refua shelayma.

A GUT SHABOS, A GUT MOED and A GUT YOM TOV

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