4/3/15

BAH Eli had a great week. Monday morning the nurse came and drew labs which were a little bit low and they set Eli up for transfusions for Thursday. Monday afternoon Eli was picked up from home in a police car and driven to school where his whole class was waiting for him. They all got LAPD yarmulkas and we’re able to just play with the police car and hang for 30 minutes with Eli which was the first time he has seen most of his class in many months. Following that Eli got a inside tour of LAPD headquarters and met the police chief and got to sit in one of their helicopters. It was a great day that Eli won’t forget.

On Tuesday Eli was taken on a afternoon trip with Chai lifeline volunteers and had a real blast. Thursday morning we had transfusions and a DR appt set up at CHLA and they rechecked Eli’s blood and BH he didn’t need any transfusions after all. So we had 3 hours off in between lab draw and DR appt so we went back home. We met the DR who was BH happy with how Eli is feeling and cleared Eli for chemo starting Monday of Chol Hamoed for 5 days of IYH outpatient chemo.

Eli’s favorite YT of the year is Pesach as he sits at the head of the table and helps his Zaidy run the Seder we are grateful that IYH this year Eli feeling up to it and excited to be part of it as he has the last few and how he will for another 111 years.

Please as always have Elimelech Ben Basya and all cholim in your tefilos this Shabos and YT and we wish everyone A GUT SHABOS and CHAG KOSHER VSAMEACH.

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