4/11/14

The last few days BH have gone pretty well with Eli getting out to be with his cousins who are here for YT. On Wednsday Eli was back in school for a most memorable and uplifting Siyum on Sefer Bereishis. The entire class was thrilled to see Eli and some literally got up and were dancing of joy. Eli lasted for about an hour during which they all ate lunch together and reviewed Birchas Yakov which they all knew by heart. A special thanks to Rabbi Weiner who always goes out of his way to make Eli feel special. This really made Eli feel special and he and we look forward to the day that IYH he will be back in the classroom.

The situation is all the same as we wait for Elis blood counts to get to the protocol level so that they can begin chemo. They hope it will be ok to start on YT Wed 4/16 but we won’t know until right before YT. If its not then the next oppertunity is Friday 4/18 etc etc. After this round of chemo they will redo the MIBG scan and have also added a LONG MRI test to take place 5/1. They need these scans to decide how to continue and for the DRs in NY to know how much and where they need to focus on the MIBG treatment.

Other then that we look forward to beezrat hashem a nice quiet shabos and YT for Eliemelch Ben Basya. Thanks to everyone who has davened, donated tzedaka and done chesed bzchuso. A GUT SHABOS

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