1/15/13

This is BH getting boring to read because there isn’t much to say or complain about. Eli had a great day and although he does get moody and upset sometimes pretty easily he’s learning how to deal with it. It’s not fun being home most of the day without friends or siblings around for this extended period of time. We give Eli a schedule daily that consists of what most kids his age are doing but not being in a classroom Makes it harder to actually follow. Hopefully he will be more up to it in the days ahead.

On WED morning Eli has a routine doctor appointment in CHLA and we are hoping it will be nothing more then what is planned and that’s to just check up on his blood counts and discuss the stem cell harvesting which IYH is scheduled for Monday. We have an idea about what it all means but I guess we will hopefully fully understand this after the meeting.

Please continue to davening for Elimelech Ben Basya on a daily basis so we can have great days under the circumstances like we have been having. Also that his counts should continue to be strong and that chas vshalom he should not develop any fevers (which unfortunately is very common to happen) which will land him back inte hospital.

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