6/15/13

Today was just one of those days that hopefully Eli will forget. He didn’t sleep well as a result of having fever and the doctors checking on him pretty often. BH the fever was gone once the morning came but unfortunately the pain in his mouth and throat were very much there. It was very hard for him to talk so we tried not talking and letting him rest. The DR increased his dosage of morphine to help relieve the pain and as the day went on if definitely got a lot better but still has a way to go.

Elis blood counts as of this AM continue to be at zero and he will most probably require a blood and or a platelet transfusion on Sunday which hopefully will help jump start the recovery process. While all that is going on with Eli now is very much on par with what we have been warned and told about that will happen it doesn’t make it any easier as you can’t plan anything until your actually in the situation. We hope that Eli gets some rest and has a good and quiet nights sleep.

We hope that Elimelech Ben Basya starts the week off right and that it only goes from there in the right direction quickly and painlessly. Hoping to have a good report on Sunday and always from there on. A GUT VOCH

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