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Andreas Chrysafis had to woody with a symptom nary 1 wishes to handle, the nonaccomplishment of your beloved, and helium has recovered some solace successful helping make something successful his wife’s honour: a roseate plot astatine her hospital.
The author/artist/writer enactment the story into words of his wife Eva’s struggles with terminal pancreatic cancer, with the beauteous representation of a roseate providing little joyousness to her amid her struggles.
“Let maine tell you a story that whitethorn bring tears to your eyes. It’s not conscionable immoderate story— it’s a profoundly quality story that touches the hearts of those who care. It is simply a tale of sorrow, organization neglect, κοινωνικά apathy, negligence and the nonaccomplishment of those successful authorization to act.
My wife, Eva Sousanna, was diagnosed with terminal pancreas cancer. Two months ago, she was admitted to our section assemblage infirmary successful Polis Chrysochous.
She received fantabulous attraction and attraction by the dedicated nursing staff and doctors. But sadly, Eva Sousanna could not survive her illness. No powerfulness successful the world could person saved her; not adjacent God could bash that! And so, she suffered until the very end!
Eva could nary longer walk—she had go so weak—but with my help, she could negociate a fewer steps astatine a time. A week earlier she passed distant I managed to walk her to the sunroom adjacent to the main ward.
We looked extracurricular the solid window and were some shocked! There laic an overgrown, dry, scorched garden— chocked with weeds! It looked similar it hadn’t been tended oregon touched for years and was purposely allowed to die.
No authorization had taken the inaugural to attraction for it. It was bosom breaking to spot that such neglect could beryllium successful a nationalist hospital. No 1 seemed to care; not the staff, the doctors oregon those successful charge! Apathy reign supreme!
While we stood there successful disbelief, Eva turned and pointed to the acold extremity of the garden:
“Look Andreas…look astatine that beauteous reddish flower, I think it’s a rose”, she said, and got each excited. For the archetypal clip successful a agelong while, I saw her blessed with afloat of smiles astatine the show of that single reddish roseate blooming amidst the lifeless adust weeds.
Two time later, we returned to the aforesaid spot. I noticed Eva seemed unsettled and her eyes scanning the scorched earth. She was searching to spot that beauteous reddish roseate again when she said to me:
“Look Andreas… that beauteous angiosperm has died,” she murmured.
I looked astatine her, and my bosom broke —standing beside maine was my ain beauteous flower, and she, too, was besides dying! I was emotionally devastated and successful adjacent tears.
Right then, I gave her a buss connected the forehead and made her a promise. No substance the cost, I would guarantee that beauteous reddish roses would bloom again successful that infirmary garden—so patients, nurses, and doctors will respect flowers afloat of beingness and not dormant ones.
Three time later, Eva Susanna passed away. But a committedness is simply a promise!
Today, a beauteous Rose Garden blooms astatine Polis Hospital brought backmost to beingness successful representation of Eva Susanna. She inspired maine to enactment and bash the close thing!
It will bring bid and joyousness to those visiting Eva’s “Rose Garden” oregon the existing small chapel there for galore years to travel successful the future…”
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