| Location | Bradford |
| Age | 17 years |
| Cause of Death | Cystic Fibrosis |
| Date of Death | 4/2009 |
| Visitors | 1,494 since 04/05/2009 |
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PLEASE PAUSE THE SITE MUSIC TO WATH THE VIDIO A 17-year-old girl has died after a life-long
battle with cystic fibrosis.
Kirstie Marie Cook, who lived in Ribbleton Grove, Barkerend, with her mother, Michele, died
peacefully at St James’s Hospital in Leeds with her mum, dad Jackie, brother Sean, 21, and sister
Helen, 24, at her bedside.
Mrs Cook said Kirstie’s death had left the whole family devastated.
“We will miss her so much,” she said. “She always made me laugh – she was happy and outgoing
and always told you what she thought.”
Kirstie was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was only two months old.
It is the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease and affects the internal organs,
especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it
hard to breathe and digest food.
To help Kirstie, her family learned how to carry out physiotherapy twice a day and also administer
the antibiotics she frequently required. At the age of 14 Kirstie learned how to do this herself
Mrs Cook said: “When she was young she was OK but as she got older, in to her teenage years, she
did become fed up with her treatment and not being able to do everything her friends were doing.”
Kirstie attended the former St Mary’s Primary School in Bradford and Yorkshire Martyrs College in
Westgate Hill, Bradford, which she left last year.
She had planned to go to college to take maths and English GCSEs and do a nail course, but was too
ill to take up her place.
“She didn’t like going to hospital and would rather have her treatment at home,” said Mrs
Cook.
“From last October she was on intravenous antibiotics all the time – she would get out of breath
and was finding things difficult.”
An appointment was set for Kirstie to visit doctors in Newcastle on April 5 with a view to being put
on the list for a lung transplant but she had the appointment cancelled.
“When it came to it she was scared about going,” said Mrs Cook. “It was not what she wanted
and I left it to her – she was intelligent and would tell me what she wanted and she stuck to
it.”
Kirstie had been a life-long patient at St James’s Hospital, being treated as a child on ward 12,
before moving to ward two at the age of 16.
“The staff were brilliant and Kirstie liked most of the people there but she liked to come
home,” said Mrs Cook. “But eventually she asked me to go back to hospital with her. She knew
herself she had not been quite as poorly before.
“She had a chest infection which seemed to take over her, because of the lung damage.”
The family are now preparing for Kirstie’s funeral which takes place this Friday and many of her
young friends are expected to attend.
Requiem Mass is being held at St Clare’s RC Church, Fagley, at 9am followed by interment at
Scholemoor Cemetery. If desired, flowers may be sent to Frank Cooper’s Private Chapel, 199
Barkerend Road, Br
God Bless Kirsty RIP XX
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Somewhere beyond the sunset,
where happiness never dies,
you live in a beautiful garden,
above the clear blue skies,
although we cannot see you,
you’re with us every day,
and all the love we have for you,
will never fade away.
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LOVE ALWAYS,Anne .xxx
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GOD CALLED YOUR NAME SO GENTLY
THAT ONLY YOU COULD HEAR
NO ONE HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS
OF A ANGEL DRAWING NEAR
SOFTLY FROM THE SHADOWS
THERE CAME A GENTLE CALL
YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES AND WENT TO SLEEP
AND QUITLY LEFT US ALL
ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU
ALL MY LOVE ANNE xxx
Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on,
And cherished memories never fade
Because a loved ones gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
For as long as there is memory
They live on in the heart..
All My Love Anne xx
Beautiful angel
God called your name so gently,
That only you could hear.
No one heard the footsteps,
Of angels drawing near.
Softly from the shadows
There came a gentle call,
You closed your eyes and went to sleep,
And quietly left us all.
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All My Love Anne xx
theres nothing i can think 2 say kirsty except im gunna miss u. i cant believe uv gone. its not goin 2 b the same without u on the ward. il neva 4get u kirsty. luke (shep)xx
♥ღ♥ Safely Home ♥ღ♥
♥ღ♥ I am safely in Heaven, dear ones:
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing past;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve me sorely,
For I love you dearly still;
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will ♥ღ♥
♥ღ♥ Love Anne ♥ღ♥
God Bless Kirsty
Well Kirsty hope you have a great send off today.Thinking of all your loving family and friends all my love Anne xxx
No matter how far you are,
I will always be very near.
Even if you whisper quietly,
I will always be able to hear.
Whenever you need me,
I will answer your call
And catch you on my wings,
if you should begin to fall.
When you are troubled,
and filled with despair
I'll guide you to the light,
with the power of a prayer.
I will be your warm shelter,
in life's unpredictable storms
Your needle and thread,
if your heart has been torn.
A shoulder for you to cry on,
when your tears need to flow.
The loving and caring heart,
your heart needs me to show.
Your giver of new hope,
when all your faith has gone
The strength that you will need,
if it's hard for you to be strong.
A lighthouse to guide you,
when you have lost your way
The arms holding you close,
when your thoughts go astray.
For I am forever your Angel;
guardian of all your life brings,
Ready for whenever you call me,
to wrap you safely in my wings xxxxx
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Bless you Kirstie.
Andrea and Esther x x x x x
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