Subscribe To RSS Feed
Out of the blue
Mazal Tov it’s a boy!! Gila and David were ecstatic to finally hear those words, the moment they had both been waiting for had arrived – the birth of their beautiful healthy baby boy! for Aliza, Gilas one and a half year old, this was the happiest moment in her life-she knew that now she was getting a real baby to play with, no more fake ones.. Once visiting hours were over, David was on his way to make all the arrangments for the bris and for Gilas arrival home.
The Bris was an unbelievably happy occasion; everyone had a tear of joy in their eye. David instantly felt a deep connection to his new baby boy, silently he would wake up every night to watch his baby sleep, cover him, again, and make sure he was ok.
A few weeks later, just as things seemed to settle down and life was beginning to take its normal course, Gila received a shocking phone call, David was hit by a car and has suffered serious head injuries. The doctors told her that in order for his brain to heal he must be constantly stimulated, therefore she should be with him as much as possible. Gila was by his side day and night, she was forced to leave her baby with friends and Aliza in daycare for longer hours . The doctors could not tell her when he was going to feel better; all they said was that these kinds of injuries take a long time to heal. As long as David wasn’t working there was no income. Gila was very overwhelmed by all of the sudden expenses and medical bills. Their saving were quickly dwindling, she knew that it was just a matter of time before she could no longer afford Materna for her baby. That became her main concern, her main worry; she needed to know that she would have a way to feed her child that nothing would get in the way of that. Gila heard about Yad Eliezers Feed- A – Baby program and decided to come down to the offices to share her story with Milka.
Milka saw her walk in with a double stroller, on one side was little girl and in the other a tiny infant. Gila told Milka that she has no family to turn to and no income; she cannot nurse her baby because she must be in the hospital all day, with tears in her eyes and a quivering chin she said, “Please help me feed this baby”. Yad Eliezer assisted Gila with some of her expenses and immediately arranged a complete supply of baby formula for her sweet newborn baby boy.
