3/4/13

The last few days are slowly getting better for Eli but there is plenty of room until he and we get a little normalcy back. The pain is gradually getting better but it still has a way to go. BH Eli was prescribed some numbing medication which definitely helped ease the pain but certain foods and temperatures of the food still set the pain off. His color is also extremely pail which generally means his blood counts are low. Basically the bottom line is he is improving but very slightly.

The next few days and weeks are going to determine for one when he will be able to begin round 5 of chemo which is tentatively scheduled for a week from today but that’s only if his blood counts allow for that. Also if the chemo doesn’t start it will postpone surgery which is the next step after round 5. We are hoping that he will be up to it in hopes that the recuperation from the chemo will allow Eli to be up to being part of the family and the seder come Pesach.

BH today Eli was finally up to learning again with his rebbi Rabbi Jacobs and also have a friend come over after school to play with him. He also for the first time in 2 weeks went to eat something and actually ate it all as opposed to a few small bites.

Please continue to have Elimelech Ben Basya in mind in your tefilos etc in hopes that things will continue on schedule and that chas vshalom he should no longer have any pains and we should see him and all cholim have a complete refua 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