Eli's Girl

Hi folks! What an amazing start to the new year it has been! Elijah is feeling better than he's felt ever since he caught that cold back in November, so much so that's gone golfing twice this week! Tomorrow we go in for the last round of chemo before they begin preparing him for the stem cell collection and transplant. With all of that being said I'm going to keep this update short while we have some words from a freind of mine, Erin Bresnahan. Erin's husband was Eli's coach in Indy and Oakland and once she was informed of his condition she contacted me about some plans that she and her friends had to bring awareness to others about multiple myeloma and cancer. Oddly enough we know another family that has been affected by this same cancer, Bobby and Cecilia Romanski. The Romanski's are in the same battle as we are. Cecilia was diagnosed with mulitple myeloma last year too. In her honor (and now Eli's as well) they want me to share this with you:

Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you know we have all decided to try to undertake a task that we were very unsure, and still are, that we could achieve; we decided to participate in a marathon/half marathon event in Arizona on January 15th. Erin and Kiersten are running in the full marathon, Barbara and Tiffany are running in the half marathon, and Annette, Nancy and Van Tri will be walking in the half marathon. We have chosen to do this in honor of our dear friend Cecilia who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in July. She is not only an inspiration to us with her courage, strength and determination, but also always a dear friend, confidant, and someone who we all aspire to emulate.


Of course for those of you who know and love us, we missed the sign-ups for the official Team in Training fundraising event. We are trying to still make a difference by asking for all of your help in our fight against cancer by asking for your donations in Cecilia’s honor. As we run/ walk on January 15th we would love for all of you to make a donation to one of the listed cancer foundations below. You may call, email or snail mail a donation to any of the following foundations:


AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
P.O. Box 22718
Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718
www.cancer.org
1-800-ACS-2345


LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
Donor Services
P.O. Box 4072
Pittsfield, MA 01202
www.leukemia-lymphoma.org


As we make our way toward our ultimate goal, which is the finish line, we ask that you help in a more important goal which is raising money for the research in all of our fight against cancer. We thank you all for your help and support in our endeavor.


With much love,


Annette, Barbara, Erin, Kiersten, Nancy, Tiffany and Van Tri