| Location | Sheffield |
| Age | 8 years |
| Cause of Death | Cardiac Arrest |
| Date of Birth | 14/10/1998 |
| Date of Death | 13/11/2006 |
| Visitors | 9,717 since 05/09/2009 |
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♥...............Kirstens Story.................♥
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Princess Kirsten Theresa Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
My gorgeous little girl was born on 14th of Oct 1998 by emergency C section as she was stuck all caught up in the umbilical cord ,it was also wrapped around her neck 5 times this caused her to have a condition called hydranencephaly, this meant she had profound learning difficulties including cortal blindness,epilepsy and spastic quadraplegia,she was only given minutes to live, then this turned to hours ,the doctors said they would not resuscitate her if she stopped breathing again as it would be unkind and we should just let her slip away ,they had never had a child with brain damage so severe,we told them we wanted to learn CPR so we could do it ourselves which they taught us to do,then after 5 days in hospital we were sent home they said they could do nothing else for her and they expected her to die very soon,I was determined this was not going to happen I was not going to let my precious little girl go.
Once home she was drinking from a bottle, after being told she would have to be tube fed for the rest of her life this was a very good sign ,she started putting on weight and doing quite well given the prognosis ,then I noticed her head was swelling very fast,I took her to see the consultant and he said he was willing to put a shunt in her head to control the excess fluid,
The day after she was christened,in the same church as her sister and brother before her, we went into Sheffield Childrens Hospital for the opp,she was just 5 weeks old,she had to have a blood transfusion first to boost her immune system ready for the surgery,they did not expect her to survive the operation,but if she didn't have it she would not live very long as the pressure in her skull would be to much,it was the hardest thing I had ever done,handing over my precious baby girl to the nurse in theatre not knowing if I would see her alive again,After the operation
she was like a different child she started smiling for the first time,she was really coming on she got these little chubby cheeks,I was having trouble filling her tummy,so when she was about 14 weeks old I thought I would try her with a bit of baby cereal and she loved it, I couldn't get it in her mouth quick enough, she just thrived, all the different doctors couldn't believe it ,they said it was a miracle, no other child had survived with this condition before, she had no brain cortex only her brain stem, She was our little miracle and she just carried on defeating all the odds,when she was 6 months old she had cateracts removed from both eyes,She started nursery when she was 3, she went to a special school and our local main stream school for half a day a week the children there loved her,and all wanted to push her round in her special wheelchair, which they helped to raise money for.She was a very happy little girl and was always smiling at everyone,she would giggle and laugh really loud when she heard the other children playing,she would lick lollypops and cry when it was all gone just like any other child, She loved melted chocolate and lots of cuddles,she truly was our little miracle. As she got older we found out there were 50 other children in the world with the same condition, we got to meet three of these children, when she was five she had to have another opp to release her aducters and abducters at the top of her legs to get rid of the tightness,Then when she was 6 she had to have a gastrotomy feeding tube fitted as she stopped putting on weight she did very well to go 6 years as all the other children had them from birth or very soon after,when this was done she could still have some food oraly I just had to top her up with the special milk to get more calories into her system, she started pileing on the pounds ,I told her we might have to join weight watchers if this carried on, she was doing so well I decided to take up our dentist on his offer to raise money for her to swim with the dolphins in Discovery cove Florida.we were lucky to have a brilliant holiday in Florida we swam with the Dolphins and met Mickey and Minnie mouse and all their friends at Disneyland she also enjoyed going on little rides with her big sister Lauren, big brother Thomas and me, especially the winnie the pooh ride with all its special lighting effects, we had a fantastic time and will always be thankful that we got to go together. when we got back Kirsten was a bridesmaid for her aunty Jen,she had been a bridesmaid at Easter too for our friends Teresa and Shaun she looked beautiful at both weddings I am so proud of my little girl she just loved everyone she knew, her little face would beam when she heard her grandads voice he could always get her to smile,even when she was ill. Six weeks after we returned from Florida Kirsten became ill she had a cold and a water infection, we tried antibiotics but nothing was clearing it up,I called the doctor and they came and said she would be ok,just carry on looking after her at home she didn't need to go in hospital,this went on for two weeks and two different antibiotics later she still wasn't recovering the doctor came out on the Thursday afternoon and said I was doing everything at home that would be done in hospital ,and if I took her in they would just send us home.
On Rememberance Sunday teatime I rang my sister and said I'm going to take her up to the hospital as she didn't look well at all, but just before I could get her ready I went over to her to give her a kiss and noticed the colour was changing around her lips I picked her up and she wasn't breathing,she was limp in my arms I screamed for my son and daughter to phone 999 and then started CPR ,it seemed ages before the paramedic came in ,he told me to carry on what I was doing and he set up all this equipment around her, then two policemen came rushing in and one took over from me,I just went to pieces, the ambulance came and we had a police escort to hospital it only took us 5 mins to get 5 miles, when we got there they were all waiting outside for us ,the paramedic said if I hadn't known how to do CPR she would have already gone when he arrived and that I had kept her heart going,just faintly but the heartbeat was still there,
They managed to get her back and we went up to intensive care where she started breathing 75 per cent for herself,the ventilator had to be set so it only gave her a breath when she didn't take one herself,I was feeling like she might pull through, even one of Kirstens surgeons came in to see her when she heard we were there and she said if anyone can get through this it is Kirsten,But early the next morning her blood pressure would not remain stable and they said there was nothing more they could do, I begged them to try but they said there was nothing else to try and my little girl didn't have much longer,it was only the machines keeping her alive now.I was numb I said she has spent enough time in hospital in her short life, I didn't want her to die in there,so they arranged for an ambulance to take us home, once there I sat on Kirstens bed with her in my arms Lauren at one side Tom at the other and we played her favorite disney princess music and had her special lights on ,her daddy and grandad and all our family were there, the doctor who came with us in the ambulance took her off life support and I held and kissed her and told her how much we all love her ,my gorgeous brave little girl fought for two and a half hours till she slipped away to join her nannan in heaven,I was allowed to keep Kirsten at home with us for the 9 days leading up to her funeral,I will be forever grateful to Alison Kirstens homecare nurse who stayed with us and supported us throughout this very difficult time,we had a disney princess casket and two white horses with pink plumes pulling her glass carriage just like a princess should have,we asked everyone to wear something pink,the cars even had pink ribbons on the handles,Everyone came to say goodbye to my beautiful girl, but I can't,and I never will, I just say "see you soon my darling",nannan will look after you until its mummy's turn to come to heaven,we all love and miss you every second of every minute of every day our darling Tinkerbell xxxx xxxx
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♥ "I think about how much I miss her, and start to feel sorry for myself... but then I think about
all the people who never got the chance to meet her, and I start to feel sorry for them." ♥
~Author Unknown~
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29th January 2012
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The little stars
That shine so bright
Are Angels come
To say Goodnight:
"Goodnight,
Sleep Tight,
Sweetest Dreams we'll send
To you tonight."
So, if you peek
Outside and spy
A wee star twinkling
In the sky;
It may,
It might,
Be an Angel
Come to say Goodnight.
Written By: Harriet Blanche Jones.
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♥ Sweet Dreams Precious Angel ♥
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♥ Borrowed Angels ♥
Sung by Kristin Chenoweth
They shine a little brighter, they feel a little more
They touch your life in ways no one has ever done before
They love a little stronger, they live to give their best
They make our lives so blest, so why do they go so soon?
The ones with souls so beautiful I heard someone say--
There must be Borrowed Angels, here in this life
They come along, into this world, and make this world bright
But they can't stay forever
Cause they're heaven sent
And sometimes, heaven needs them back again.
They reach a little deeper, they see what's in your soul
And even when they leave you know, you'll never let them go
The world's a little richer, just cause they came along
Their love goes on and on, so why do they go so soon?
The ones with souls so beautiful. I heard someone say--
There must be Borrowed Angels, here in this life
They come along, into this world, and make this world bright
They can't stay forever, cause they're heaven sent
And sometimes, heaven needs them back again.
How else can you explain why they're here and not here to stay?
I believe there must be, must be
Borrowed Angels, here in this life
They come along, into this world, and make this world bright
But they can't stay forever, cause they’re heaven sent
And sometimes heaven needs them back again.
And sometimes heaven needs them back again.
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Soft moss a downy pillow makes
And the green leaves spread a tent
Where faerie fold may rest and sleep
Until their night is spent
The blue bird sings a lullaby
The firefly gives a light
The twinkling stars are candles bright
Sleep, Faeries all, Goodnight
ELIZABETH T. DILLINGHAM
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love you always mummy,daddy,Lauren and Tom xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
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TRY TO REMEMBER ME WITH A SMILE..
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MY SPIRIT IS STILL AROUND YES I MISS YOU TOO
DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN I LEFT EARTH I WOULD JUST FORGET ABOUT YOU
WHAT I AM ASKING OF YOU IS WHEN YOU REMEMBER ME TRY TO SMILE
WE SHARED SOME SMASHING MEMORIES I KNOW THEY STILL MAKE ME SMILE
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I KNOW WE SHALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN,NO NOT YET
I TOLD YOU WHEN I GOT HERE SAFE I WOULD LET YOU KNOW AND I DID NOT FORGET
A FEW MESSAGES I HAVE SENT TO YOU ALONG THE MILKY WAY
I AM STILL THE ONE THAT CAN READ YOUR HEART I CAN SEE WHAT YOU SAY
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GUESS WHAT I HAVE MET SO MANY FRIENDS OLD AND NEW
SOME HAVE BEEN IN PARADISE FOR A WHILE THEY SHOW ME WHAT TO DO
TRY TO OPEN YOUR MIND AND HEART YOU WILL HEAR MY VOICE
I KEEP ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK ME I AM HERE BY CHOICE
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MY SPIRIT IS STRONGER NOW SO I CAN BE AROUND WHEN YOU NEED A HAND
I KNOW THAT WHEN I LEFT TO REACH THE WORLD THAT I CALL THE PROMISED LAND
THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TWO WORLDS APART I SEE YOU WHEN YOU CRY
I CAN SHED MY TEARS ANYWHERE THEY DESOLVE SO MY EYES ARE DRY
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TRY NOT TO WORRY NOW UNDERSTAND THAT I AM FREE OF ANY PAIN
THE DAY THAT YOU JOIN ME WE SHALL BE ONE AGAIN
ANY OF THE THINGS THAT COME INTO YOUR MIND THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SAD
REPLACE THEM WITH ANOTHER HAPPY MEMORY NOT EVERYTHING WAS BAD
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LOOK AROUND YOU NOW OPEN YOUR EYES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
THAT I STILL HAVE WAYS OF SHOWING YOU I AM AROUND MY SPIRIT IS SO FREE
I LEAVE A KISS FOR YOU IT SHALL REACH YOU WHEN THE WIND BLOWS YOUR WAY
TRY TO REMEMBER ME WITH A SMILE NOW ENJOY LIVING EACH DAY.....
Copyright Rosalind Roberts 25/1/2012
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“I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.”
~ Amy Tan
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When you see a snow white feather.
Drifting on A breeze.
You'll know your Angel's sent A sign.
To put your mind at ease.
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with love always mummy,daddy,Lauren and Tom
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
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WITH ALL MY LOVE X X X
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xxxx xxxx always and forever mummy,daddy,Lauren and Tom xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
~♥~WITH LOVE PRECIOUS ANGEL ~♥~
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❤is coming your way to tell you how much I love you my darling❤ to the moon and back❤love you forever and always mummy ❤xxxx xxxx
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~ Good Night Little Angel ~
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Hush sweet angel
It’s time to rest
Close your eyes
Rest your wings
Listen to lullabies
Soft cloud bed
Feather pillow
To rest your head
Magical dreams
To fill your mind
Sleep in soft slumber
All night through
Till the heavenly
Morning comes
Shining through
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Copyright� Leza 16.1.2012
♥ ♥ ♥ Angel that was Taken ♥ ♥ ♥
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♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه
Some days are harder than others
why this is i will never know
It hurts Angel when i think of you
from that moment you had to go
♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه
When our loved ones have been taken
its really not through our choice
We let the Lord above know this
Through our Prayers he hears our Voice
♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه♥
We will always have our memories
and deep in our heart you will stay
Cus i know I will be celebrating
when we meet up again some day!
♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه
By Lisa Heritage
♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه ♥ ه ♥ه
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