6/8/13

Shabos in the hospital was as good as we could of hoped for. We enjoyed a Friday night meal together with Eli and even watched him eat a few bites. He is now on IV receiving all his nutrients and hydration to keep him from further losing any weight. Other then getting a little bit nauseous late motzei shabos Eli was still in a great mood and was extremely talkative and active for all of shabos. We spent the day Davening, eating, playing games, resting and enjoying Elis humor. Once again Eli was visited by a few friends and family and really enjoyed their company.

While we are not complaining that BH Eli is feeling very good there is one problem with it which is that unfortunately the side effects from the treatments he received over the last 10 days or so cause his blood counts to be extremely low and some mouth sores. And so far Elis blood counts are pretty high which isn’t that unusual but the longer it takes to fall the longer he will have to be in CHLA. They need to fall in order to rebuild. Beezrat hashem whatever has to happen will happen and will move as quickly and with the least pain or side effects as possible. Other then the IV tube feeding and hydrating Eli he isn’t on much of any other meds however as his blood counts drop they will be giving him blood and platelet transfusions and if needed pain medication.

We hope and daven that things will only move in the right direction and move there quick and painless for Elimelech Ben Basya. A GUT VOCH 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