Half Way Point


Yay!! Team Layla T-shirts are in. Thank you Crossfit Belmont Heights for the beautiful tees and tank tops and thank you all for buying one or two or many! All proceeds from the T-shirts sale went to the Plumfund.
Olaf's is on Back Order

Nick from Crossfit Belmont Heights During the Raffle on Facebook Live

Danny! So Happy to See Him Doing Better!

Laurence! For Her Morning Runs (in South of France too!)

Ezra and Natasha! Lucky Winners of The Ram Tickets.

Danny Toasting Layla's Progress!

Sarah and Stephen Representing Team Layla
Highlights of the Week:

This past weekend , Layla got a surprise visit from her sister in law Danielle and her friend Sabrina. They flew from Los Angeles to spend the weekend with her. They mostly hung out at home but managed to go out on Saturday to the movies. They watched "Instant Family" . Thank you ladies!! That is a very long flight for just a weekend.  Layla enjoyed having her friends with her!

At the Movies with Danielle, Sabrina and Nina

We also received a cool hand made Olaf pillowcase and a nice card from Linda Hunt! It is very touching to see the personal touch and special care from our friends and their families. Your support has been very uplifting!

Olaf Pillow and Lots of TLC

On Monday, we got a very special visit from the Boubess family from Lebanon. Layla's aunt Lina and family stopped in Miami on the way to their family vacation in Cuba. Layla has not seen them (with the exception of Yasmina who lives in Los Angeles) since Summer 2017.

Family Moments!

On Friday, Crossfit Belmont Heights held a fundraiser for Team Layla drawing raffle tickets yielding some very cool prizes. They had sold Team Layla T-shirts with all proceeds going to Layla's treatment.  The Crossfit fundraiser netted $3932 that was donated to Dr. Rosenberg charity in the name of Layla.

For future plumfund donations that you would like to count toward tax deductions, please text me or email me, I can provide you with the information.

Wednesday marked the release of season II of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel by Amazon Prime.  We are thrilled. Let the binge watching begin!

Plumfund Expenditures Update:

 Our Plumfund is still active. As promised, here is our latest report the expenditures:

Total money in Plumfund as of 12/5/18: $120,858
Net amount available: $117,368 (and $200 pending receipt). This takes into account credit card fees withheld by the account.
Amount expended through 11/8/18: $65,171.72
Dr. Rosenberg Treatment (11/8/18 through 11/30/18): $11,000
Medicine (11/8/18 through 11/30/18): $4496.38
Tests(11/8/18 through 11/30/18): 717.91
Hospital Charges in Mexico: $2360.12
Total medical spent (11/8/18 through 11/30/18): $18,574.41
Balance as of 12/5/18: $33,622

Tumor Marker Update

 The tumor markers are on the decline. As we have less cancer cells to deal with, the drop rate is less than before. The good news is that they are still on the decline validating treatment progress. We will follow up with scanning once we have reached our goal.

Date                     CA 125       Ca 27.29        Ca 15-3
10/15/18             1767            1511               821
10/29/18              898              1636             968     (following 2 weeks of treatment)
11/8/18                245              742                498     (following 4 weeks of treatment)
11/19/18               89               389                192     (following the immunotherapy procedure)
12/3/18                 64               338                143


 % Drop               96.4%        77.6%             82.6%   (% Change from start of treatment)
Mom, Nina and Dr. Rosenberg Analyzing the Tumor Markers Spreadsheet!




Location: Pompano Beach, FL, USA

Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2018 at 11:36 PM

    Layla joon, can not wait to see your beautiful smile soon. I am waiting to get the restaurant tour in Long Beach. Hurry up, get well soon. Much love

    ReplyDelete
  2. JoanDecember 13, 2018 at 9:56 AM

    Could not be more happy that all the markers are going down so dramatically.
    makes my heart smile.
    Joan

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