6/7/13

Eli had a good night sleep and woke up later then he has been and was in the same good mood he went to sleep in. He spent the morning relaxing and playing many different games. The nurse told us that the stem cell transplant will take place at 1PM. It began at about 1:15PM and was done before 1:25PM and BH went very smoothly. Basically what they did was about 5 months ago they took Elis stem cells and had them frozen in anticipation of today. It was stored in a IV bag and with a team of doctors and transplant nurses they hooked it up to his IV and let it run thru his central line until every last drop was in Elis system.

Bli ayin hora all went easy and smooth and the potential immediate nausea we were told about BH didn’t pan out and aside from being tired from the meds they gave him prior to the transplant he was and is BH totally fine. He even decided to eat a bag of snack which is more then he’s eaten in a few days. They will IYH begin feeding Eli nutrients thru his IV tonight and until he is able and wants to eat enough on his own.

Both Bassy and I will be in CHLA with Eli for Shabos and Sori and Ari will be spending Shabos in Pico with my parents who we need a separate book for just to try to keep track of the amount they have done for us always and especially since Elis diagnosis.

We hope and daven that the many side effects expected from this last round of treatment will not happen. Elimelech Ben Basya continues to be a pro and a non complainer and beezrat hashem he will have no pain and nothing to complain about. A GUT SHABOS and A GUT CHODESH

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