8/15/13

Eli needed to be woken up for the scheduled 9AM bone marrow procedure which was delayed a few minutes but BH went well and Eli was back in his room before 11:30. Soon after getting to the room the on call DR came in with the good news that Elis body took well bli ayin hora to the TPN and they have arranged for him to continue it at home. So after planning on being inpatient for close to a week we were able to leave after 3 days which was a huge relief to Eli and us.

As of now for the next while Eli will need to be on TPN at home which takes a lot of preparation to ready the IV and it runs for 12 hours every night. The goal is to try to fatten him up so he can gain much needed weight and strength. As of now there isn’t much else planned as far as appointments other then some small tests. The next big thing is immunotherapy scheduled to begin the 2nd week of Sep IYH.

Please as always daven for Elimelech Ben Basya that he should continue to take well to this TPN and it should do what its set to do. We also hope that the bone marrow results will come to us small possibility before shabos but if not on Monday and hope to continue to see favorable results.

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