They say that
everyone always has a choice… But terrible though it may sound, dreadful though
it may be, sometimes you have to choose among two mischieves – to suffer from
pain or from hunger… God forbid that once you would face such a choice, and
poor Catherine Ivanauri has to choose every day between hunger and pain, for
already 5 years! Can you imagine that? In the 21^st century a person
has to choose whether to die of hunger or of unbearable pain!

Catherine used to
be a healthy, cheerful and merry girl. She worked and lived a fulfilling life. When
her back started aching she even did not pay any attention to it; but when the
pain became insupportable Catherine went to a doctor.

“Yes, you have
spinal disc herniation – said the doctor – nothing complicated, we will operate
you and you will live as before” – these news encouraged Cathy. She went to the
operation as to a holiday!

But alas… Everything
went not as it had been planned, after the operation Catherine stayed at
resuscitation department for several days, pain became stronger than before the
operation… They decided to make a second operation… And it was done, but pain
did not go; in 2 weeks she was operated once again… and again in a year… and
again… She turned into a laboratory guinea-pig out of a healthy person; she was
constantly under the knife, under strong painkillers and she could hardly move
on crutches. Then there was another operation and her condition worsened even more…

Now Catherine
cannot even half-rise from her bed. Spinal injury, strong drugs and continuous
stress caused trophic leg ulcers.

Totally during the 5
years Catherine survived 11 operations! Could you just imagine that! But on top
of that, her state is aggravated by disastrous lack of money! Disability
pension and social allowance amounting at 80 lari is enough neither for
medicines, nor for wound closure materials, nor for food! And Catherine has to
make a choice every day! The pain drives her crazy, and hunger makes her
restless! Her body became feeble and she has no strength to struggle!

Catherine needs
support, she needs our help! Indeed, could we help her to soothe her suffering?
Could we help her to forget about her pain at least for a little? She does not
need much; She just needs to live without pain!

On
the Christmas Eve we urge you to show kindness and mercy and help this young
woman to survive. You can transfer money for buying medicines, mattress and
food products to the Fund account GE15TB7194336080100003 or GE64BG0000000470458000
(purpose: Catherine Ivanauri) or pay directly from our web-sitehttps://chernovetskyifund.ge/ru/donate/187

We assure you that
she would be glad to accept any of your help and that she would really
appreciate any manifestation of warmth and care from other people!