'I Know They Are Going To Die': This Foster Father ONLY Takes In Terminally Ill Children

Get out the Kleenex because this one is a tear jerker!

The foster care system is flawed. Too many children wind up without resources and left behind. The children most likely to end up without the care they need are the ones who need it the most.

Mohamed Bzeek has been a foster father for almost 20 years and he focuses his love on children with terminal diseases. In his time with the foster system, he's lost 10 children, some of them dying right in his arms.

Why would someone continue to put themselves through so much pain? Well, in this case, it's because no one else will.

No one wants to foster children with terminal illnesses. Often, these kids need a lot of medical attention and care and most foster parents aren't able or willing to provide so much time and energy. Plus, there's the pain of knowing that a child you'll grow to love will die before your eyes.

But Bzeek doesn't want these children to die alone and unloved. Right now, he's caring for a 6-year-old with a rare brain disease. As a result, she's blind, deaf, paralyzed and has daily seizures. But Bzeek is there. "I know she can’t hear, can’t see, but I always talk to her,” he said. “I’m always holding her, playing with her, touching her. … She has feelings. She has a soul. She’s a human being." Oh boy, I might need another box of tissues!

In Los Angeles county, there are over 35,000 children in the foster system and around 600 who need extreme medical care. The need for foster parents is huge and Bzeek is willing to help fill the void. A foster coordinator for the county once said about Bzeek, “He’s the only one that would take a child who would possibly not make it.”

Bzeek began fostering children with his wife in 1989 and has been taking in these terminal kids ever since. His own biological son, Adam, has brittle bone disease and can't walk on his own. And after his wife became ill and the stress became too much for the couple, Bzeek and his wife split up in 2013 and she died a year later.

Despite the many hardships Bzeek has faced, he still strives to care for these children who might never feel a parents love. A true American hero, Bzeek is a lone soldier making the world better for the people that need it most.

Inspired by Bzeek's story in the LA Times, Margaret Cotts started a GoFundMe page to raise funds to give him a little help. He'll use the money to fix his leaking roof, get central heat and air, fund his biological sons education, and hire another nurse to give Bzeek some much needed help. Since he hasn't had a single day off since 2010, he certainly deserves it. 

So far, he's received over $211,000 in donations, more than double the original goal! Bzeek's life of kindness and giving has clearly inspired others to open their hearts and help those in need. Though he's just one man, he's truly making the world a better place.