6/5/13

Out of about a total of 720 hours (30 days X24 hours) we BH had a relatively easy 153 hours so far and ONLY have IYH 567 hours left. While Eli wasn’t exactly active today he was ok and didn’t complain at all. He spent the day with Bassy relaxing, playing board games, 3DS, and some talking when he was up to it. It was my turn to be with the Sori and Ari at home who I haven’t been much with since Eli went in last week.

Bli ayin hora the great news today was that Eli completed all the chemo rounds and I hope to never write that word and I hope the same is true for anyone and everyone in the world. There is nothing other then basic hydration and possibly some other nutrients that are going thru Elis IV right now and that is the plan until Friday morning IYH when they will be doing the actual stem cell transplant. Aside from being nauseous and starting to get weak Eli is in good spirits and still manages to crack a joke and a smile.

The next week to 10 days or so are apparently the most trying time for Elimelech Ben Basya and we daven that he will continue have the strength to fight and hope that whatever side effects are possible to happen don’t actually happen. Anyone that can make it to a Tefilas Yom Kippur Koton on Thursday should please keep Eli in mind. Tizku lmitzvos

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