1/13/14

BH day 1 of 4 is finally over. While it wasn’t terrible it could of been better. They needed to pause the IV a few times because of some strong side effects but once they gave some extra medication it seemed to do the trick. Instead of the IV finishing at about 8PM it finished closer to 11PM. The good news is that after last nights blood transfusion which of course was direct-donor for Eli arranged always by Bikur Cholim Eli looks and feels a lot stronger.

The side effects today were all very typical side effects and we were told that with every passing round they are easier to happen. Eli experienced nausea, vomiting, hives and trouble breathing but BH each one after the machine was paused and extra medication given all went away pretty quickly. Of course the good news is that when Eli wasnt having these side effects which was most of the time he was in a very good and happy mood.
I forgot to note that on Sunday Elis morah and assistant from his class came to the house and brought Eli many prizes and presents and a special present with a picture of each of his classmates he really enjoyed and appreciated it and we look forward to beezrat hashem as soon as he is up to it to having Eli back in his classroom.

Please as always daven that the final 3 days of the treatment plan for Elimelech Ben Basya goes pain and side effect free.

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