3/3/15

BAH the last few days have been heading in the right direction. Eli each day is a little more active and his good mood is finally BH coming back. On Monday we were at CHLA for a scheduled DR appt and lab check. Eli did not need any transfusions but will likely need on Friday. We are hoping that the next round of chemo will begin on 2/16 as an outpatient chemo.

Although Eli has been eating a very nice amount and often and even though he is on medication to help hold down the food he has lost a little more weight which isn’t good. At the same time that Eli begins the next round of chemo they will probably also restart him on TPN in hopes that it will help Eli gain weight and strength.

Eli made it to school on Sunday for the pre Purim carnival which he enjoyed seeing his friends and playing some games. Today Rabbi Blau delivered from Elis class a picture of his class from today’s dress up day which brought a big smile to Eli. We also received in the mail a declaration from someone we don’t know who donated for a sefer tora in a yeshiva the letters ALEF and GIMMEL bzchus Eli ‎tizku lmitzvos.
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Other then that we will look forward to a enjoyable Purim which Eli looks forward to all year and hope that beezrat hashem the tefilos we say on Purim will help us be zoche to see Elimelech Ben Basya and all cholim get what they deserve 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