1/19/13

GUT VOCH is a Brocha that we are hoping will be kept to its exact definition. While we had a very peaceful and relaxing shabos in CHLA it wasnt where we want to be. Eli was BH still in his very good mood and entertaining us from his jokes and games to telling each nurse that didn’t follow his orders that they are “fired”. We will be in the hospital it seems for a few more days until they feel his numbers are high enough for him to be discharged. We are hoping that they will be high enough to do the stem cell harvesting planned for Monday morning but that will only take place of his blood counts climb high enough by then.

Eli’s brother and sister who haven’t seen him since he went to the hospital on WED evening came tonight but were only able to see Eli in the main cafeteria as they don’t allow children in during flu season to the rooms. So we all enjoyed some family Motzei shabos pizza party in the cafeteria until it got late and we all said our good byes. Bassy took the kids home and Eli and his father went back to our room for the night.

We are all davening that this unscheduled hospital stay will end soon so that we can have a few somewhat normal days altogether before next weeks round 3 of chemo begins which he will have to be back in the hospital for about 4 full days and nights. Please continue to have Elimelech Ben Basya in your tefilos. With much appreciation from all The Gradon family. And again GUT VOCH

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