9/22/14

Bli ayin hora for the first time in many months Eli went today to the infusion center to check his blood and get any transfusions that he needs. BH we got good news NO TRANSFUSIONS NEEDED and instead of spending 6-9 hours there Eli was out in a hour which is how long it takes to draw the blood and get results.

Over the last few days Eli has been resting and regaining strength. Being on IV antibiotic 4X a day hasn’t been easy to do but it seems beezrat hashem to be doing what its meant to do as he seems to be feeling a lot better.

This past Shabos Eli got out with us to join in a close family friends Bar Mitzva of Michael Bess. We owe for many things hakaras hatov to his parents and grandparents but a special hakaras hatov to his father Yoel Bess who has set up and maintained this website www.eligradon.com on behalf of Eli since day 1. Our brocha to Michael and Yoel and family is that every Brocha that was received this past Shabos should be mekuyam.

Tuesday and Wednesday IYH we will be back in CHLA for scans. These are by far the most important scans Eli has had since being diagnosed. We daven that Elimelech Ben Basya should get only very good results as we continue on this very long road to 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