8/5/13

The day started off pretty well but had a few bumps along the way. Today’s radiation made Eli pretty nauseous and he threw up in the car on the way home. His appetite has been less also since he’s began radiation which beezrat hashem he will have his final dose on Tuesday. After eating a small dinner and getting into bed earlier then usual after going to sleep the last few nights later then usual Eli was hooked up to the feeding tube and needed to use the bathroom but didn’t make it and along the way somehow ended up pulling out the whole NG tube.

We called the hospital right away and we were warned when they put it in that this may happen and it isn’t that big a deal and they said it can wait until the morning and hopefully they will reinsert it which only takes about 1 minute but isn’t very comfortable as they are putting it in.

This evening I davened in Sharei Tora along with a nice crowd Yom Kipur Koton and I know that Elmelech Ben Basya and sadly the many other cholim of our shul and community were on the minds of everyone and IYH bzchus the tefila we should be zoche to see them all have a refua shaleyma BKAROV

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