Eli's Story - LIVE at the recent RCCS Leil Hoidoah

T Eden Thomas in the NY is in the camp in the countries of trips of our road trip in Tennisville local urgent Here's fever. The road trip here in the emergency room. The emergency room tests and Mr. Angel senior Mr. Angel Jr. Your son Ellie has leukemia. He will have to go through chemotherapy. He will lose us here. I Lady Penny. Like my hand is the best chion. for telephone. [applause] Can you talk? pinning angle 12:30 a.m. Are you up? Can you talk? Okay. in 12:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. communication with the team in the hospital reports reports kick the chart 4:40 a.m. spons uh I'm on the case. I'll be there soon. 6:20 a.m. back and forth. We check in the room. 6:20 a.m. Dr. Carol called briefly the details and I'm walking in. I'm taking over the case. >> Wow. Eden straight around chemotherapy and camp business meetings nor laden Ellie's laden is of pauseto Come with me. We have to ask you a question. infection disease. And the doctor told me basically the doctor told me we have two options here. One option is to make a hole so that the water can come out. But being that his blood counts are very low, he's going to get infected and he will not be able to fight the infection. Second option is to just leave it as it is and the water will just fill up. So I asked the doctor, are you basically giving me two ways for my son to die? And his answer was yes. My hype around chemotherapy around Ellie's hunt pennies hunted journey the medical coordinator for RCCS laser Isakovich Shut the communications with the doctors, Dr. Bill Carroll. Review the bomb results. treatment plans. Chemotherapy treatments. Biopsy biopsies day one support is remission. a bone marrow transplant. Bisat is elegantly treated by the best pediatric leukemia oncologist in NYU. Dr. Bill Carroll chosen the best transplant center transplant doctor appointment for Ellie for the bone transplant. took for them transplants. The doctor I have to ask you the question. Ellie transplants him doctor. >> [clears throat] >> The transplant is gong And the co angle is due to the silence. Ellie [cheering] [applause] go very bright. Hello everybody [snorts] in general to talk about in details. We can be here all night fcc. He asked me do you want to come and speak by the event? I said, "How can I not come and see the people who I only heard about behind the scenes and gave everything from themselves to me and actually finally get to meet them in person. And with that, I'm here today. [applause] I just want to share one story. when I was alone in the hospital in bed, you know, we go over all the fevers and all the pains and I'm lying there alone in my room, not with everyone else, not outside, not having fun, [snorts] all there alone in a bed, not knowing what's going to happen. What gave me the greatest was those phone calls from the outside world, from people like you, from RCCS, knowing that there were people out there that cared about me, that wanted to see me come home, that were rooting for me. Having that kind of feeling that you I was part of a bigger picture, part of Clayasu, part of your family, you were part of my family and my story gave me the and the strength to get up, stand up and move on. Ellie, who was the doctor that did the bone marrow transplant? Dr. Bowens, if you would be able to tell Dr. Bolins in one sentence, a line, what would it be? What would you share with him? >> Dr. Dr. Bolins, I'd like to say >> pause, pause, pause. Let's give a standing ovation. Ellie, WE HAVE DR. BOLINS WITH US TONIGHT. >> DR. BOLINS, [applause] meet Ally, a living miracle. [applause] >> Dr. Boland, could you share with us your feeling having Ellie as a patient and seeing him seeing him here tonight? >> This is so special to be here with you, Ellie. So, I was looking back because I think we met for the first time in fall 2022. The whole story which was just shared with you guys, I could understand about 60 70% yetis. But we met and I met a very optimistic and super funny guy. That was really literally the first meeting I had. And I met a very funny and optimistic dad [applause] and optimism is really important in these very intense therapies. >> Dr. Bolins. >> Yeah. Could I share with you? >> I have breaking exciting news that Mr. Angel wants to share with you here tonight. >> Okay. >> Ellie Angel got engaged two weeks ago. [music] to see [music] to mle to mid to mid to [music] holy slee. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] >> la. [music] [music] Yeah, I don't feel the so [music] I can't sing it off. I can't sing it off. [music] Oh, [music] like [singing] I see [music] I [music] sh [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] I [music] la [music] [singing] [music] mazletov mazleto Dr. Boland on behalf of the Engle family and the larger family RCCS. Penny and Ellie want to present you with a gift for the incredible work you do for our community. Penny, Ellie, [applause] [cheering] wisdom all your life. Whatever you help for Kali to be right. >> It's a pleasure.