eddie

This lovely gift was given to us

By our dear Friend

Dawn.

Memorial Page

for our

Dear Son in law

Edward Thomas Hauff-Green

(Eddie)

Tragically Killed on the 19/1/2000

By a terrible Medical Mistake

Always in our Minds

Carried in our Hearts forever

Eddie Georgieanna and Sharon
this is the only picture we have off them all together.

Eddie's Story.

EDWARD THOMAS HAUFF-GREEN. known to all that loved him as,
EDDIE.
Eddie was a gentle giant of a man who entered our lives 6 years ago.
He was just getting over a nervous breakdown from a bad marriage,
He was always a worker and was a tradesman pastry cook baker and took pride in every thing that he did.
He had three children , and he loved them dearly. but a wife that wanted everything her way . pushed him over the edge with him working 12 to 16 hours a day . then when he came home he would have to look after his children . and when he got sick, she kicked him out .
while he was having his break down.
SHARON & EDDIE
Eddie was introduced to Sharon by Gail one of her friends from her work.
When Sharon first bought Eddie home he was a broken man. he would just sit in our lounge room and you could hardly get a word out of him.
But Sharon saw the real man inside and with all the love and understanding she gave him , he finally came back to being the kind gentle loving man that he was.
Ann always had big soft spot for Eddie and would always stick up for him, if anybody had a go at him. she loved him as much as our own two boys.
After 12 months Sharon and Eddie got married on the .
5th August 1995
It was one of the proudest and best days in my life to welcome this boy into our family.
After about 12 months they decided to have a baby.
Eddie had to go through a vasectomy reversal. which worked ,they tried for about 2 years without success .
Eddie had caught Ross River Fever and it affected his sperm count. so they decided to go on I.V.F. program. and after 12 months it finally happened .Sharon Was Pregnant... hooray!
As Eddie first wife wouldn't allow him to see his children. this baby & Sharon became his life and everything he did was for them.
I used to say to him you are spoiling Sharon . and he would say, that's ok dad as long as Sharon is happy.
Then the awful news came that the baby wasn't growing and that Sharon didn't have enough fluid . and there was only a 10% chance of survival. They both travelled up to the hospital every week for Sharon to have a ultrasound and check up, but the baby was still not growing enough and things started to look bleak for the baby. after about 6 weeks,
Sharon's 28 th. week .
The hospital booked Sharon in on the 26th September, The day after Eddie's birthday. to be induced on the Monday morning .
The doctor said that the baby would probably not survive. so we all prepared ourselves for that awful outcome.
But after being monitored on the Sunday morning ,
they said that both the baby & Sharon were in danger and they had to take the baby by ceaser section straight away. and at 12.35 pm 26/9/1999.
our little miracle was born ,She took 2 breaths and kicked her leg as soon as she was out. we were ecstatic and crying with joy of it, our first girl grand child. Georgieanna May .
She wrapped herself around our hearts from the moment she was born, She was so small, 460 grams and 12 weeks premmie.
Eddie was the proudest father that ever was and told everybody he spoke to, about his little miracle.
While Sharon was in hospital he made everything ready in Georgieanna's nursery. and bought everything you could imagine for her.
Eddies life revolved around Georgieanna and Sharon .
He was so proud of them both and he went to the hospital every day for the next 8 weeks . Royal Brisbane Hospital is 45 mins to 1 hours drive from Redcliffe.
On some days he practically ran from the car park to I.C.N.
And the night he got to nurse Georgieanna for the first time he said that he could sit there with her all night.
Georgieanna knew the sound of his voice as little as she was .
she could be sound asleep when we arrived,
We would talk to her and she would only stir a little, but Eddie only had to say Georgie, daddy's here and she would wake up and look around for him, they really had a special bond. later on in special care nursery, when he would nurse her, she would look at his face all time. and after he died we put a picture of him on her cot , she would look at it all the time. and would fret if she couldn't see it.
It was at the end of November when Eddie started to get pains in his kidneys and was taken off his medication.
Xmas came and went the new year 2ooo arrived,
We had one of the best xmas's ever with Georgieanna doing well and gaining weight every day.
Then couple of weeks later Eddie Started to get sick and admitted himself into hospital to get a new medication started and tested to see if there was any reaction.
He was admitted on the Monday morning 16/1/2000 and settled in, Sharon and Ann went with him to give his case history to the medical staff. and told them of his allergy to some drugs. they spent nearly all the rest of the day with him.
Sharon took time off work the next afternoon to visit him again and he was happy and the medication seemed to be kicking in really well, as he said that he had good nights sleep and felt really relaxed.
Sharon left him to go to Georgieanna and when she came home about 8.30 pm , she rang him and he said that he was hungry ,as the meals at the hospital were very small, Eddie liked his food. Sharon said she would come up in the morning and take him some food up.
He was happy with this . she kissed him goodnight over the phone .
This was the last time she ever spoke to him or saw him again.
For when she rang the hospital in the morning to find out how he was.
The bombshell dropped. They said that there had been a medical accident and Eddie had Died at 11 pm that night and the staff had been trying to contact her on her home phone.
But she had told them that she was staying at our place and could only be contacted there.
There was no apology.
Poor Eddie
Poor devastated Sharon.
Poor little Georgieanna.
Well we all gathered around Sharon and gave all the love and support we could, but none of us could understand how this could happen.
These things happened to other people, never to us. It was a mistake! and Eddie was still alive, and they just couldn't be right.

But re-ality hit home, Sharon, Ann and I said good bye to our beloved Husband and Son in law. Along with the rest of a broken-hearted family. and friends.
on the 25/1/2000.
What had Sharon done to deserve this.?
But She had Georgieanna to keep going for .

R.I.P.
my son and my friend
in life as well as death