A hit by a car - and the baby almost became an orphan. His dad died at the scene, and his beloved mother became disabled. How happy he was with his loving parents!

“We were the happiest family. I still can’t and don’t want to come to terms with the fact that I lost my love.”

Two years ago, Eka and her beloved husband Simon were hit by a car. The husband managed to push his wife away and took the hit on himself. When Eka came to senses, she saw a terrible picture - her husband was lying on the side of the road with his head split. His skull was crushed, and his eyes fell out of eye sockets... Two years have passed, but this picture does not leave her head. She was injured too – but she remained alive. She had a spine injury, and she almost can’t walk now. Because of this tragedy, Eka's mother had a heart attack and has been bedridden for two years now. She has shortness of breath, her legs are constantly swollen, and the unfortunate old woman cannot even pull a blanket over herself when she becomes cold. But that is not all! Four-year-old Giorgi suffers from an unknown disease - the boy's stomach starts to hurt, then he faints, and his lips turn blue. While the husband was alive, they took their son to the doctors, did examinations, but the doctors could not make a diagnosis. Sometimes the attacks repeat several times a day, and sometimes they give a break to the weakened baby for a month. 

24-year-old Elena is the only support for three seriously ill people. A load of care for her mother, grandmother, and brother fell on her shoulders. 

Elene: After graduating from school, I almost did not leave the house. I really wanted to study as a nurse, but that's how it turned out - I became a nurse for my family. They can't do even an hour without me. Sometimes my grandmother calls me, then my mother needs to get up, then my brother asks for food. 

"I dreamed of becoming a doctor, but now I'm just a nurse for my family"

Eka: I look at her and my heart breaks! Did I give birth to her for such suffering? I feel so sorry for her, she devotes her youth, wonderful years of her life to us. She's all alone, with no friends. If everything was fine, I would have been nursing my grandchildren. But our illnesses are nothing - if compared to what my daughter has to do in this unfurnished house without water and sewage - it’s embarrassing even to tell you!

The life of the sick and unfortunate in Georgia in the 21st century: due to the lack of a toilet, you need to take out a bucket with feces several times a day! And there are two seriously ill patients!

Eka: We had to sell our house with a plot when my father had a stroke and needed expensive treatment and medical procedures. My husband and I thought we were still young and could get out of debt and buy at least a small hut. But it didn't work out. Then my mother fell ill, then my son developed health problems ... then this accident killed my husband, and made a cripple out of me ... our acquaintance sheltered us in this dilapidated house.  He said: "Live here as long as you want" - so we live here. But there is nothing here apart from the walls. We have no running water, no sewage - we don't have money for the installation. Our toilet is a bucket, which is right in the corridor, and we bathe in a room in a washtub. My daughter brings water from the street both in frost and in heat. And then she has to take out dirty water and a bucket with sewage to pour it out. It is so humiliating and terrible. I would do it, I'm supposed to take care of my mother, but I can't walk on my own ... I became a burden for my daughter. She should go to the cinema with her friends, go to a manicure and a hairdresser, or nurse her children - and not carry sewage in a bucket. My God!

“All the problems of this unfortunate family fell to a 24-year-old beauty - Elene”

Elene: Oh, mom, don't be dramatic. We all must take care of our loved ones. And my dreams will wait.

Elene: I don't take it as a punishment. Because this is my beloved mother, this is my beloved grandmother. And I just adore Giorgi. How can I not take care of them? I can’t say that I never thought about how my life could turn out, if they were all healthy, but these are just thoughts... Unfortunately, I can’t change anything.

Elene: I don't know... every day I ask God for the health for my family. If they are healthy, I will start working at any job, with any salary, as long as there is no problem with food. Because we are all starving so that George has a piece of bread. So that my grandmother had medications for the heart. My mom also needs a lot of painkillers - but she endures pain.

Elene: I forgot how to dream and ask for something for myself. I don't know. I think about other things. My only dream is that everyone be healthy. And I don’t even know what to wish for myself - probably a phone - so that it was not so boring to while away the evenings. I don't even know. I haven't really seen people since I graduated from school. I don't know what my peers are doing now. Someone has a family and children, someone has a good job... and I turned into a nurse for my relatives. If Giorgi didn't frighten us, it would certainly be easier for me to cope with the illnesses of adults. 

“She turned into a nurse for her relatives”

Eka: He was 7 months old, he sat in a baby walker, and played with a rattle. Suddenly, he began to cry bitterly, he burst into tears. Then he began to yawn - we thought he wanted to sleep, but he became covered with sweat, turned white and passed out. God, what we experienced is beyond words. We called an ambulance, started to bring him to his senses - but he seemed to have died. And then my son came to his senses, began to smile, as if nothing had happened. We took him to different doctors, made tons of tests - but no one, not a single doctor could make a diagnosis. 

“When this angel loses consciousness and turns blue, mom’s heart breaks”

Eka: I don't know. After my husband's death, neither I, nor my son, nor my mother went to the doctor. Our only income is mom's pension and orphan's allowance. This is about 400 lari. What can you buy today with this amount? Medications are expensive, and the price of food has doubled. So, what to do? Elena is still thinking about starting work - she serves us like a prisoner here... I have one dream to take my son to the doctors and put myself in order. Maybe there is some treatment for my spine? Maybe I will manage to at least start walking and not be a burden for my daughter?

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The only thing I want now is to go to Tsnori, find this unfortunate family, hug them, and warm them... I want Elena to never again have to deal with things that are beyond her age... I want the only bucket she would deal with was a huge bucket of flowers. And that her only concern was whether to watch a movie in the evening or go for a walk with her friends. Children should not take on such a burden. But until her grandmother, mother and brother have medicine, food, and normal conditions, she will have to stay at home and watch them suffer. And the only people who can change the life of this family are us! Not others, but us. You and me! And your friends with whom you will share this story! 

They don't need much. We need food, medications, examinations by good doctors. But the main problem is to supply running water and equip their bathroom.  And Elene needs a phone. 

If anyone is willing to visit and help them in person, here is their address: Signagi Municipality, village Tsnori, 31 Kiziki Str.

Every time you can help someone, just do it, and rejoice that God answers someone's prayers through you! 

We are sure that all together we will manage to save them from imminent death. 

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