6/10/13

Unfortunately today was the start of what we were warned about. Eli was nauseous for a good part of the day and was also in a lot of pain. His blood counts took a pretty sharp dive but still haven’t at all bottomed out. Basically what it seems is that he is expected to have a pretty rough 6-10 days ahead. While we knew this was very likely to happen your never quite ready until it actually happens.

What happens from here is his blood counts will continue to drop for a little bit longer and then he will most probably need a series of blood and platelet transfusion to help bring the counts back. Once that happens they will wait until he could on his own bring and hold the blood and platelet counts steady without chas vshalom dipping again or getting fever. BH the good news is that the pain medication has been working and Eli will continue to get them until he doesn’t need it. The more he sleeps the better off he is and the less IYH he will remember when they is all behind us. Today was the 12th day of what’s expected to be about 30 days and hopefully Eli will be lucky and have it as easy and as quick as possible.

The next few days and weeks we know will be very trying but beezrat hashem when its all over Elimelech Ben Basya will be stronger then he’s been in a while and on the road to a refua shelayma.

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