r/OrderOfOmar • u/eliz1bef • Apr 18 '26

Mohamed Bzeek accompanies terminally ill kids in their the last days

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u/eliz1bef Apr 18 '26

I watched a short documentary on this man. He takes in kids who have been abandoned by their families due to their terminal illnesses and disabilities. He is a true saint. He gives love and warmth to these vulnerable children who have no one else to love them.

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u/wonderfulkneecap Apr 18 '26

Please share the doc details!

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u/wonderfulkneecap Apr 18 '26

Because i am calloused

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u/eliz1bef Apr 19 '26

I'll do you one better. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwPSGQl-m0

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u/RedWestern Apr 18 '26

I don’t want to be the guy who distracts from a heartwarming story, but I would more than happily support the death penalty for any family who abandons a terminally ill child, because what the fuck did I just read?

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u/eliz1bef Apr 18 '26

I can understand your sentiment, but those people would just neglect them, then. It is truly horrible, though.

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u/tremynci Apr 21 '26

Neighbor... if they have more than one child, they are in a horrible situation. And sometimes there just is no good way out of a bad situation, but that doesn't necessarily make you some kind of monster.

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u/tremynci Apr 18 '26

... Many American families cannot afford the first of care for a gravely ill child. Other cannot afford to have an adult so working to care full-time for a gravely ill child.

Children in foster care get Medicaid.

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u/Nice-Cat3727 May 01 '26

Because a lot of the time? It's literally the only way those kids can get any sort of medical care.

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u/MediumAwkwardly Apr 18 '26

He is OOO for sure but I hate that 90% of things on r/mademesmile just make me so sad and angry.

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u/eliz1bef Apr 18 '26

I completely agree. I don't think this makes me smile at all, but I felt like he deserves OOO in a big way.

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u/DamnitGravity Apr 18 '26

So many of the posts there get reposted on r/orphrancrushingmachine

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u/ArDee0815 Apr 18 '26

I cannot recommend enough how good it is for your mental health to mute BS subs like that.

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u/DamnitGravity Apr 18 '26

I doubly admire him because I don't think I could handle seeing kid after kid after kid dying.

I know it's a part of life and none of us gets out of this alive, but I think it would crush me a little.

I also would struggle with tracking down the families with a handy crowbar.

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u/awkwardsexpun Apr 18 '26

Perhaps he is able to take solace knowing that he gave those children the love and care that they may never have experienced from their own families, so that they do not leave this world without knowing gentle kindness. Plus, no time to track down the family if there's another child to take care of.

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u/Travelchick8 Apr 18 '26

Not to diminish Omar, but I think we need to change this to the Order of Mohamed. What an amazing person.

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u/Artichoke-8951 Apr 18 '26

He is a good man

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u/FunnyAnchor123 Apr 22 '26

This reminds of something my youngest child did.

We had a cat that was sick, but because of life & that he preferred to be outdoors, we didn't realize this until too late. (I remember picking him up, & being surprised he was so light, but our cat was medium-haired so I didn't think anything of it at the time.)

Our youngest, who was nine at the time, found our cat lying outside with flies around him, obviously dying. He brought the poor thing in & held the cat in his lap for his last hours of life.

We've had some issues with the kid -- both before & since -- but I will remain proud of the fact he did that. I've tried to tell him that, only he doesn't understand.