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Well, another two months have gone by and I realized that today marks 3 months since Eli got his big promotion. I have to be honest, I don’t really have an update to post. I don’t really know what I … Continue reading →

Well, it has been nearly a month now and the dreaded task of writing this post probably shouldn’t be postponed much longer. I’m not even sure exactly where to start, really. There are a lot of things to talk about … Continue reading →

For those that have been waiting, here is the full one hour long video of Eli’s entire Celebration of Life service. We are hanging in there and appreciate all of the notes/emails/texts of support. I’ll try to do a proper … Continue reading →

I’m not really ready for a proper update yet, but I at least wanted to give you a few snippets from yesterday for those that weren’t able to attend Eli’s Celebration of Life.  Eventually I hope to have the entire … Continue reading →

Here are the details for Eli’s Celebration of Life services: Visitation will be on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012. Family will greet friends from 2:00 to 5:00 PM with a prayer service at 5:00 PM at Cornerstone Church in Ames, IA. … Continue reading →

We have confirmed that the visitation will be on Sunday afternoon and the funeral will be on Monday, both at Cornerstone Church in Ames, IA. Specific times to be determined and will be announced sometime tomorrow. We will also have … Continue reading →

For those not on Facebook or Twitter: Completely unexpectedly by any of us, Eli met Jesus on Wednesday morning. The nurse checked on him around 5:30am and found him unresponsive and with no pulse. They tried very hard to bring … Continue reading →

This one might be a shocker if you haven’t “liked” Eli on Facebook… Hello from the Intensive Care Unit at NY Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. If that sentence just surprised you, then clearly you haven’t been looking at www.elisarmy.com or … Continue reading →

Well, Friday was the big day! At 8:26pm, Eli received 2.2 million bone marrow cells from an anonymous donor. Doctor Kobos pushed it very slowly (over about 4 minutes) into Eli’s line and said, “These are the new cells that … Continue reading →

Signing up for a free username and password to view these updates won’t subscribe you to getting an email every time we post an update. To get an email, you have to sign up on the right hand side of … Continue reading →