7/18/13

Eli was in a very good mood until he got to his appointment today which took a lot longer then we planned for. Initially we thought it was a 15 min appt but with delays and all the prepping and procedures they did it ended up being a few hours. They had Eli laying in this bean bag that they molded to his figure and then took out all the air in the bag which then became very hard molded to his body. The reason they do this is so that he will be placed each day in that molding and this way beezrat hashem he won’t need anesthesia for the radiation. They also drew lines on his stomach that they don’t want washed off for the next 2+ weeks so they can line them up also so that the radiation will IYH go only exactly on the area that was affected. BH once they were done Eli was back in a very good mood and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.

Radiation is scheduled to begin on Monday and they don’t anticipate any side effects which we hoe is true. At worst they said there should be minimal nausea so hopefully that will be true. He will need 12 sessions of radiation and its done Mon-Fri so basically it will be 5 days a week for 2 weeks and then a Monday and Tuesday. Depending on how Eli takes to it IYH it will be done on that Tuesday but if he or we want a one day break along the line they don’t have a problem with that.

Hopefully things will continue with the protocol and schedule that Elimelech Ben Basya has been scheduled to be on and it will be done as quickly and painlessly as possible. Please as always keep Eli and all cholim in mind in your daily tefilos etc.

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