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“I am dead, but there is only one difference between a dead man and me: I am not yet lying in a cold grave, I have not yet been covered with black earth. I’ve been chained to my bed for over 20 years, I can’t move my legs, I can hardly move my arms, but I still can’t get used to this state! I dream all the time that I walk, swim in the river, play football with my friends, but when I open my eyes, I try to move my leg and arm, but can’t do anything … It hurts me to realize that it was just a dream. I feel dreary – as if a big ball gets stuck in my throat and suffocates me. It feels like I had become a hostage of my body,” says 50-year-old Mamuka Solomnishvili. Tears come to the man’s eyes. He tries to hide them, but you still hear despair in his every word.
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“I am dead, but there is only one difference between a dead man and me: I am not yet lying in a cold grave, I have not yet been covered with black earth. I’ve been chained to my bed for over 20 years, I can’t move my legs, I can hardly move my arms, but I still can’t get used to this state! I dream all the time that I walk, swim in the river, play football with my friends, but when I open my eyes, I try to move my leg and arm, but can’t do anything … It hurts me to realize that it was just a dream. I feel dreary – as if a big ball gets stuck in my throat and suffocates me. It feels like I had become a hostage of my body,” says 50-year-old Mamuka Solomnishvili. Tears come to the man’s eyes. He tries to hide them, but you still hear despair in his every word.
“For more than twenty years I have been lying in this bed like in a coffin”
– Mamuka, you are now 50 years old, you say that you have been bedridden for more than 20 years, so you fell ill very young. What happened to you?
Mamuka: I was as sound as a bell. After school I worked in a vineyard, then I was drafted into the army. I was in the last draft of the Soviet army. I served 2 years in Odessa. I returned home with great hopes and plans. My school love was waiting for me in Gurjaani. Her name was Natia, oh, how beautiful she was! I was planning to work hard to save money and buy an apartment in Tbilisi. We wanted to get married and live in the capital. I worked in two shifts. I worked at the factory, as a loader, I helped my neighbors in the vineyards. But I always felt tired. Then my neck started to hurt. You know, when you are young and full of energy, you don’t pay attention to such “trifles”.
“And once I stood on my feet … I don’t even remember when it was”
– But sometimes “trifles” are not really “trifles”, right?
Mamuka: Unfortunately, I went to the doctor too late. They diagnosed me with multiple osteochondrosis of the spine and told me that it could lead to irreparable consequences. I didn’t believe them, didn’t pay attention, didn’t get proper treatment. And then gradually my legs began to fail, I could barely walk with a cane, and then I got completely paralyzed. I got it all aggravated because of nerves as well. One of my brothers died, then my father died, then my second brother died of a heart attack… God, what terrible days my mother and I went through… I don’t even want to remember. And in the end, we were left alone, me, a living corpse, and her, with a bunch of diseases and me in addition to them.
– And you never got married?
Mamuka: no, who needs a sick cripple? Natia married someone else, and my dreams to have a big family were buried along with my health. I have been worrying for years. I kept wondering how my life could have turned out, but then I came to terms with my situation. I don’t even keep track of time. I can’t tell what day, month, year it is… I died 25 years ago when I hardly got out of bed for the first time.
“Mom is always there – she does not leave her sick son for a minute”
– You can’t get up at all? How does your old mother take care of you?
Mamuka: I can’t get up at all. I don’t know where my mother finds strength for it. As they say, all mothers are angels for their children. She feeds me, brings a basin of water to my bed to wash me. I won’t tell you how she changes my diapers – it wounds my pride. She says that to her, I am again the baby Mamuka she used to raise.
“That’s what real Angels look like – they have the faces of mothers!”
– Does the pain bother you?
Mamuka: Sometimes it’s very hard for me… Sometimes the pains are so bad that they drive me insane! They are unbearable! Sometimes I feel burning, shooting pains in my extremities. But one thing is worse than the pain – the feeling of helplessness. Sometimes I don’t even have money for regular painkillers. What kind of medicine am I talking about? Sometimes I don’t even have enough money for food!
– What means do you live on?
Mamuka: All our income is pension and allowance. Everything is so expensive now. As I said, sometimes we eat only bread for a few days. Everything you see here is so old that it is falling apart on its own.
Mamuka can barely move his arms, but he prays to God every day for the health of his mother and for the souls of his brothers and father
– Is this your house?
Mamuka: It can hardly be called house. There is only one room, and there are two of us – me and my mother. But we are used to it. Sometimes I really feel like I’m in a coffin. Only this small TV makes me feel better. One man was selling it for 50 lari, and I asked my mother to buy it to feel that we are still alive. Mom agreed, when this man brought it to us and saw how we live, he gave it to us for free. I believe God sent him to us. Here are my icons, I often pray. I don’t remember the words of the prayers, but in my own words I ask the Almighty to give strength and health to my poor mother. I cannot even check her blood pressure – the poor thing has to go to our neighbor to know whether she needs to take a pill. Also, her hearing is very bad, and she sits next to me all the time. She’s afraid she can’t hear if I call her. People, take care of your moms! No one but them will take care of you when you get sick, no one will need you.”
These people consider themselves dead, and the setting of their home with a concrete floor contributes to that
– Mamuka, what could we and all of Georgia do for you and your mother to make your life just a little bit easier?
Mamuka: First of all, we need a blood pressure monitor. We would be happy if someone would give us a new big TV, and a bed, at least for Mom – we sleep on the beds my mom got as a dowry. Can I ask for a razor for myself? Look what I look like, and my mom can’t shave me anymore. That’s why I dream of having an electric razor. And food… and medications… I think I ask for too, I’m sorry. I told you I was dead, but I still want to live.
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Friends, this young man is in a terrible situation. The disease confined him to his bed, broke him, deprived him of the ability to walk and live a normal life. He needs help! Mamuka believes that you will not leave him in trouble and will help him. Don’t be indifferent! Respond to the misfortune of this unfortunate man and his mother!
Mamuka is in desperate need of food and medications. A TV and beds are his only dream. And a razor and a blood pressure monitor will make his life easier.
You can visit Mamuka and his mother yourself. Their address is: Gurjaani District, Vazisubani village.
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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Because of his illness, Mamuka had become accustomed to being grumpy. You’ve done everything to replace this habit with a smile.
“I’ve been bedridden for twenty-five years with paralyzed legs, and during this time, you are the only ones who have shown interest in me and helped,” Mamuka says. “If I could stand, I would hug, kiss each of you, and shake your hand. But since I can’t do that, I’ll say what’s in my heart: May God bless all of you!”
Mamuka’s elderly mother, who has been looking after him all these years with difficulty, also shares her joy: “Besides you, no one has ever given us anything. Mamuka is absolutely right. This is the first time something like this has happened. I liked everything, I am happy with everything: the blood pressure monitor, the refrigerator, the fan, the television, the bed… When could we ever have expected something like this from the state?”
It’s a pleasure to see how 81-year-old Nani’s face lights up with joy! “You’ve given her hope, added strength to her. She’s completely cheered up,” says Mamuka.
Mamuka: First of all, thank you for making my mom happy. Even a small thing you give to the elderly makes them happy. And you’ve filled the entire house with necessary things. My mom is overjoyed. Despite being 81 years old, she’s still very active. She likes that her house is in order. There is a table with chairs in the center of the room, and when someone comes in, we can welcome them properly, as befitting a Kakhetian family. If she wants to sit by my bed, now she takes a chair with a backrest, and she does not get tired as on a small stool. She’s also very happy with the refrigerator; no more searching for a cool spot in the house for food. In the summer it was a pleasure to drink cold water. And so a new fan helped us through the sweltering heat and the hottest days of summer.
“The fan and the refrigerator helped us get through the hottest summer days.”
No need to search for a cooler spot in the house for storing meals and groceries anymore. They are now stored in the refrigerator.
My mom often has high blood pressure. But when we didn’t have a blood pressure monitor, we could only guess her condition based on her symptoms, like dizziness or weakness. It’s great that you gave her a blood pressure monitor; it gives me peace of mind. Now she measures and monitors it herself every day.”
Nani (Mom): Are you talking about me, Mamuka?
Mamuka: Yes, mom. Suddenly, she heard (he explains to me), Mom hears things in fragments.
Nani: I don’t know what you were asking, dear. Maybe I’ll say something unrelated now. But I’m afraid of missing the moment and not thanking the kind people. May God protect them from bad days and ailments. May they live in happiness and prosperity. Many thanks to them for their help!
Mamuka: Tell me, Mom, if you can hear: how do you find sleeping on the new bed?
Nani: Oh, it’s very soft, comfortable, and warm. I covered it with the new bed linens that you gave us. It was hard to fall asleep on the old iron bed, but here it’s much better, and my arm doesn’t hurt. All the gifts are very nice, dear!
“I sleep better on this bed than on the old iron one; it’s soft and comfortable,”
Mamuka has already appreciated the new plasma TV: “The picture quality is excellent, and it doesn’t strain the eyes.”
As for the electric shaver, he hasn’t used it yet. But one day he’ll decide to part with his beard and see himself looking young again.
– Mamuka, you mentioned that you were lonely. Do you have company now? Did guests come during the project?
Mamuka: Old friends, with whom I grew up, came to visit me. They helped with cleaning the house and said they wouldn’t lose touch. Now I have a phone, and if necessary, I can call them myself. I haven’t quite mastered the internet and all the fancy stuff on the phone yet; it’s something the young folks are better at. But I’m using it mainly for calls and SMS messages, and that’s what I wanted.
“Now I can call on my own, wherever I want, instead of feeling disconnected from people.”
– You’re still young and can master the internet.
Mamuka: No, don’t start. I’m too old for the internet.
– Look at your mom. She’s 81 years old, but she never gives up. She’s amazing! She looks at life with hope.
Mamuka: That’s right. My mom is unyielding. You’ve given her hope and added strength, and she’s completely cheered up. She needs a hearing aid so that she doesn’t suffer. She can ask the same question ten times if she can’t understand the speech.
– Have the local authorities or the state taken any steps to address your issues?
Mamuka: If there was a competent government, would a bedridden, disabled person’s house have a leaking roof? Tell me! During the rain, my elderly mother is forced to empty buckets of water, and they soon fill up again as the rain pours through the roof. Or, if there was a responsible government, would I buy firewood for the winter with my entire pension, leaving nothing for food? They were so happy that you resolved so many of our problems, as long as they didn’t have to solve them themselves. Honestly, I expect that they will take away from me rather than give. I have no hope in them. But we still need to fix the roof, even if it means cutting back on essentials and saving from our pension…
In Georgia, you can’t repair a roof or acquire a hearing aid for your mother with your pension, even if you agree to live without food for many months. But it’s also true that this family hasn’t been left without help from wonderful people—friends gifted by God! And we know that they won’t be alone now either. Among you, there will surely be those who respond and help resolve the two pressing issues—the roof repair and the hearing aid purchase. This is the way we can save ourselves, and this is how Georgians save each other, following the simple guidance of the Lord and never forgetting compassion for their neighbors.
If you have a heavy heart because of everyday problems or unresolved issues, as a distraction just see our posts on Facebook, or better call any of our beneficiaries, and all your problems will seem unimportant to you, compared with the problems of those to whom you helped in the most difficult moment of their lives.
Unfortunately, problems of this and other families do not end here and now… Therefore, from time to time, look through the stories of unhappy people on our website, and talk to them. Every time you dial the Phone of an unhappy person, God is blessing you! For sure! Go on helping these families! This is the best service to the Lord!
Friends, there is one more request: if you know about the misfortune of a neighbor or friend do a godly deed, drop us an email at: office-fsp@fsp.ge
Your kindness is a chance for yourself to be happy!
Friends, thanks again to each of you!
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