3/5/13

I’m not sure how to rate a day like today because the night wasn’t fun as Eli had extreme pain yet for the most part the rest of the day was BH pretty good. Once he was up and took his pain medications he felt somewhat normal and ate. He then was taken out by a friend for lunch which he really enjoyed and ate a lot there. This evening however he had pains that he hasn’t really had and the only thing that was able to calm him down was a bath. Hopefully Eli will sleep a full night without any pain and wake up in a good mood pain free.

On Wed morning its back to CHLA for a scheduled Dr appt and most probably a blood transfusion. They will check his blood counts which we are hoping are either already good or on their way to being good enough to begin chemo on Monday. Eli has a whole list of his own questions for the doctor and hopefully they will be answered the way he wants them to be and will help him understand as to why he has the pains he’s having etc.

We continue non stop doing everything possible for Elimelech Ben Basya to keep him comfortable and as pain free as possible and we hope our tefilos and zchusim are all being directed for Eli. We look forward to having only good reports and seeing Eli continue on his way to a full recovery.

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