4/28/14

2 weeks after the initial date to start this round of chemo Eli arrived at CHLA at 10AM for the 5 day treatment. Unfortunately the nurses and DRs found every reason to completely waste an entire day and do nothing. Instead of starting chemo a few hours after arrival as they normally do for whatever reason they kept pushing it off. After I finally lost myself they got the ball rolling after 11PM!! The reason we came in early was as everything is to try to arrange that we don’t beezrat hashem need to be here for Shabos which they all clearly know but when things are running 6-10 hours late it can throw that all off. We will have to wait and see how the week plays out to see when we can be discharged.

The good news is bli ayin hora Eli hasn’t looked or felt this strong in a few months and BH the scale proved it also. He has been able to mostly get around on his own and hopefully that will only be minimally effected by this weeks harsh chemo treatments.

Anyway this very intense round of chemo runs for a few hours and is preceded and followed by pre meds and hydration. IYH it will do what its meant to do which is stop the tumor and wipe out the existing tumor and cancer cells. At some point after this they will do some of the scans and a MRI so they can decide where the next phase of treatment the MIBG treatment should be directed at and when it should take place.

Please daven that this week and treatment should go with full haztlocha for Elimelech Ben Basya and that he should have no side effects.

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