Vefa Alexiadou, the beloved cook, breathed her last at the age of 91, full of days.
She had two daughters, Alexia and Angela, and experienced an indescribable tragedy with the loss of both of them in a short period of time. Alexia passed away from cardiac arrest on October 29, 2014, while Angela followed on February 10, 2015.
Alexia’s daughter
Angela’s daughter
The same last year, in 90 years oldappeared on STARwhere she talked about the losses that scarred her.
“I believe deeply in God. I know that in my pain, he eases it by holding my hand. All I have left is my house in Halkidiki. My daughters have left a legacy. They had a lot of work and neglected their health, and that burns me,” said Mrs. Alexiadou.
“They didn’t take care of their health. I’ll say it again, it’s up to the young guys to take care of their health. If my Alexia were alive today, I could travel with her,” she added about the loss of her daughter.
The well-known cook had spoken to “Loipon” magazine and, among other things, referred to the loss of her two children, stressing that she died because they did not go to the doctor. Here is an excerpt from her interview.
You lost your daughters. How are such losses dealt with?
“The pain is great anyway. But I have even greater pain, because my girls could live. “They left”, because they didn’t go to the doctor. Alexia had asthma, which she could live with for the rest of her life, as all asthmatics do. Of course, in order to live with this condition, you should not smoke, drink, or have the dog in your arms, when you know that it aggravates your condition. She did all three. I was shouting, but neither she nor her husband could hear me. He was taking cortisone, the day he “went” he may have taken a little too much and had a seizure. 44 years old, pain unbearable. She had it since she was 3 years old, but while she was around I took care of her, then she stopped going to the doctor. And my oldest had uterine cancer, which she could have prevented, but by the time she went to the doctor, it was too late. It’s not that I just lost my children, I lost them without having to lose them. God didn’t take them, they “left” on their own.
But you have your granddaughters…
“My granddaughters are my joy. Of course, I don’t see them often, because one is 23 years old and is a professor of English literature at Cambridge. I am so proud of her. The little girl is now starting her studies in Dublin. They are very good girls. It’s a shame that they lost their mother so early.”
Source: www.diaforetiko.gr