5/20/14

We were at MSKCC by 8:45 and Eli right away began to drink the contrast drink to help with the CT scan. By 9:45 Eli was already on the scan table and they did both the CT and MIBG scan together which ended just before 12. We met with DR Kushner at 2:30 for the results and spoke over what the plan is from here. The results were ok nothing got worse so it seems the chemo did something. BH Eli is a candidate for MIBG therapy and we will beezrat hashem wait to hear from the DR when they can schedule him in for that. The MIBG therapy takes less then 30 minutes to do but because of the radioactive materials he needs to stay in the hospital for 2-4 days and in NY for about a week.

Nothing else right now is planned and we look forward to continuing to help Eli gain back as much strength as possible over this break period.

Please continue having Elimelech Ben Basya in all your tefilos as well as Chaya Mushka Bas Haddasa Shayna, Chana Tova Bas Esther Shoshana, Golda Bas Miriam bsoch shaar choley yisroel. Binyomin Chaim Ben Faigie Sarah will IYH be having beezrat hashem continued clean scans the next few days please daven it should always be that way.

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