The Blog

purim is coming

2011-03-13T03:14:00Z

Purim is coming !
See the purim artist @ work!
Can’t wait - one week! Woohoo!

Why Must They Shower Together?

2011-02-11T17:16:00Z

I know they’re girls so they have to shower together. But - what’s with the chairs? Some sort of mideast summit?

Grandma Ethel was Niftar

2011-01-14T03:59:00Z

Baruch Dayan Haemes -
Tamar’s Grandmother passed away this afternoon, at 4:40 pm IST.
She was born in Baranovich in 1919 to a very special family, the Resnicks.
The hespedim took place this evening at 8:30, followed by kevura @ har hazeisim right next to papa ben.
May we all share in good news soon!
The hespedim by David, Alan, Marc, Eliyahu and Rabbi Leff can be found here:
http://www.kashnow.org/Grandma_Ethel_Hespedim.zip

Too Loud!

2010-11-01T22:45:00Z

Apparently, Ilana’s screaming wasn’t too much to fall asleep to, but preventative measures were obviously necessary.

My Boy!

2010-11-01T10:53:00Z

A prouder father there has never been...

Never Run With Scissors

2010-09-05T23:13:00Z

9 stitches later, Binyamin can tell you why it’s not a good idea to run with scissors, even the round edged children’s ones!

friday @ nes harim

2010-08-13T15:32:00Z

The kids really deserve some summer fun, so since Yehoshua has already started school, we decided to have a boys day of fun @ the nes harim pool friday after school!
What a blast!

we are home

2010-08-12T00:04:00Z

Baruch Hashem - details to come
now to bed

tomorrow!

2010-08-11T01:30:00Z

The daughter will come out - tomorrow - bet your bottom, dollar…
With the help of Hashem we should be out of the hospital sometime in the afternoon tomorrow.
As you can see - iLana is standing on her own - once and a while…
Can’t wait to get out of here - even if the treatment at home is gonna be a pain. It’ll be less of a pain than having to stay here, 20 miles away from the rest of the kids, every night.
Thanks for all your tefillos - keep them coming!

kids come to visit!

2010-08-11T01:24:00Z

The kids had a blast today playing with iLana - particularly fighting over her balloon.
Tamar slept here last night, and spent today (tuesday) working out the details of getting us the medicine and the instruction of how to administer at home.
I brought the kids in @ 3 - after a wonderful day - Yehoshua went to his first day of third grade, and Shira and Yaeli and Leora cleaned the whole house - and then Binyamin poured an entire box of cornflakes, and a bag of doritos, all over the kitchen floor - and then added a chocolate pudding for good measure.
That’s when I came running back from my meeting…

picc unsuccessful

2010-08-10T10:25:00Z

The doctors in pediatric icu were not able to get the picc into iLana because of the build up of in her veins where the doctors had tried earlier in the week, unsuccessfully, to insert a regular iv.
Instead, they put in a super-iv in a different vein, in the back of her right hand, t
hat should last 3-4 weeks.
They want us to figure out a way to keep the area clean.
Hello? She’ right handed - she eats with that hand - she’s crawling because she cannot walk. And she’s 1 and a half.
Clean? We’ll be lucky if it stays clean for 5 minutes!
We’re waiting to hear what the doctors say - if they’re comfy enough to send us home,or what
On a positive note - iLana took a first step today- it was very shaky and quick - but she put all of her body weight on her left foot - that’s a great sign!
Waiting for the yeshuas Hashem that comes kheref ayin.
A guten chodesh

week2

2010-08-09T11:48:00Z

okay - so we’re half way through our second week here, and iLana is scheduled for a PiCC line procedure today(monday) at 1pm israel time
since the car is still in the shop, Tamar is bringing the kids in by bus, dropping 4 off by ‘doda leah’ in sanhedria and bringing Yehoshua with her to be @ hospital in time for the procedure. While they will put her to sleep for the picc, it’s not a very long or complicated process. Feel free to daven anyway.
Once they’re happy with the outcome, and we have a month’s supply of antibiotics, they’ll let us out, with complete instructions even an internal medicine nurse can understand.
More to come, hope to have more to report later

Shabbos in the hospital

2010-08-08T13:52:00Z

yehoshua found a friend at the Maza service center

Shabbos was actually quite nice.
If you take away missing the kids, the constant beeping noises, the cramped conditions and the kids that would screm randomly in the room or the hall, it was nice.
Friday, Tamar’s friend Avigayil came and drove us to her house where we spent a lovely evening and meal with her and her husband, MAx and their kids and guest.
The walk back took only an hour, and we were back in time for Ilana’s night time antibiotics.
the next day we spent some quiet time together, and met some nice people in the hospital.
We also bumped into friends in the emergency room who were there with kid which turned out to be a false alarm, b"H.
Motzai Shabbos, I went to the moshav, gathered the troops and drove home.
Everyone went to sleep zonked and got up late.
Binyamin made it to Maon around 9, and I brought the rest of the kids into J-M to come see Tamar and Ilana.
Yehoshua and I brought the car in for servicing, because our Mazda 5 turns off in the middle of driving.
It’s quite disconcerting.
looks like it’s a valve intake issue.
Ilana is scheduled for a Picc tomorrow - will let you know how that goes.
TTFN

Osteomyelitis

2010-08-05T17:01:00Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteomyelitis

Sounds like we’re looking at a case of the big O-word.
We’re scheduled for a Picc line (http://picclinenursing.com/picc_why.html) insertion on monday.
Until then, we are slotted to remain in the hospital with an iv (which we had to change again today :( because it fell out!)
Tamar took the kids to the Modiin mall today.
Ilana has begun to put ever-so-gentle pressure on her left foot. The doctors are very pleased with her progress - her swelling is way down, and her overall disposition is wonderful.
Please keep davening - who knows - maybe a miracle will happen and the drugs will do enough that she can start walking and move on to only oral antib.
Donno what we’re doing about Shabbos yet, but I’m going home now that mil is ere and Tamar is coming in in about 2 hours (its 4pm)
Ilana’s sleeping. shhhhh

Pillowfight!

2010-08-05T02:50:00Z

Tamar left when her mother arrived @ 4 - I drove her to the bus and then went to my meeting near harry nof - I got back @ 630 and took over for the evening.
Ilana was still sleeping from 3 when I got in. She woke up, ate a little and then we went to daven mincha.
Afterwards, we took a walk to get some fresh air and dinner @ the supermarket across the street and down the block. Ilana loved the tuna fish chunks and the ini-pitas were a hit too.
Post-Maariv she was in a giddy mood when I put her in pjamas - and didn’t look ready for bed, so I decided to play a game with her to tire her out for bedtime - here’s a treat: a video called pillowfight
Enjoy - she’s a cutie alright - you might think she’s upset in the beginning, but she’s just expressing her competetive nature - the smiles and laught come around 1:25.