4/21/13

Eli spent the day at home mostly relaxing aside from a short hour outing to get some fresh air and a few things that he wants to have in CHLA. While he showed some signs of his spirits coming back he hasn’t shown any improvement in the weakness dept. He struggles to keep his breath after a few short steps and has to sit down or be carried.

There are two ways to look at the coming week one is that how on earth is he physically going to be able to handle the chemo while being so weak? And the other is BH he is getting chemo which beezrat hashem will be a step close to his refua. This week will be a big test to us and hopefully Eli will help us pass it easily. BH the “flu season” at CHLA is officially over so Sori and Ari who have a very hard time understanding why Eli keeps going to the hospital and for the last few months haven’t been able to visit him while he is there will be able to visit him IYH.

We are hoping that they will have bed for Elimelech Ben Basya early Monday morning so that if all goes ok the earlier he gets in is the earlier at the end of the week that he can come home. Please be mispalel that all that we are going to get this week is just treatment with no side effects so that Eli can continue and have the strength to fight this machla until he has 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