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03-AUG-2007

3 augustus 2007

This is my grandmother, picture taken at my daughter's 11th birthday party friday evening.
About half an hour after this pic, wanting to go to the bathroom, she took the wrong door and fell down the stairs to the basement.
She broke her neck, had a cardiac arrest and is since then in a coma from which she can't recover due to too severe brain damage.
She's 88 years old.
How life can change in a second.
We're in shock, so are the children, who witnessed how she was reanimated by the medics.
That's why we decided to leave tomorrow for Greece anyway. With mixed feelings, it won't be a real vacation, but I hope it'll do us some good to get out of this house where it happened for a while.

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/125s f/7.1 at 50.0mm iso250 full exif

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laine8207-Sep-2007 09:27
Chrisse, I am just catching up with this image...how sad for your grandmother to reach such a grand age but come to this toward the end of it.
Donald Verger31-Aug-2007 21:00
what a lovely Grandma! so so so sad! sorry Chrisse! my condolences.... seehttp://pbase.com/donverger/mom

i first put shots of the cemetary and then from time to time and on mothers day i add images that i think are pretty

like putting flowers on her grave.... i need to ask my dad for a photo of my mom to add to this gallery

peace and love, don
Nicki Thurgar29-Aug-2007 20:50
Chrisse, so sorry to hear about this tragic accident...
Sheila18-Aug-2007 01:14
What a terrible accident and awful shock for you all.
s_barbour07-Aug-2007 00:30
Oh Chrisse, I am so sorry to hear of such tragic news. My heart just aches for you. The poor dear. I hope that the children are not too traumatised, this is just awful.
Guest 06-Aug-2007 22:06
OMG,Chrisse,so sorry for your loss.That is such a sad story and a lesson about the fragility of life to us all!Take care,our thoughts are with you.
Rich Westfall06-Aug-2007 20:50
Excellent portrait. What character in that face.
Guest 06-Aug-2007 20:37
Ohh Chrisse, wat een vreselijke gebeurtenis voor jou en je familie!! Zo'n situatie is gewoon onwerkelijk! Wat naar allemaal. Heel veel sterkte voor jullie allemaal. Groet, Ieke
Guest 06-Aug-2007 20:31
Het is goed voor de kinderen Christine.Als het moet ben je zo weer terug, even relaxen,
Kracht opdoen, heb je straks weer nodig dus probeer ook een beetje te genieten.