| Location | Sunderland |
| Age | 15 years |
| Cause of Death | Organ Failure |
| Date of Birth | 29/04/1993 |
| Date of Death | 01/10/2008 |
| Visitors | 8,641 since 01/10/2008 |
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After a long battle with illness, my son Peter decided he had enough and was ready to rest. He was
the most special son that I could of asked for and I will miss him so much. Fifteen years is just
not long enough but every minute with him will never be forgotten. His baby blue eyes and his
gorgeous smile would just melt your heart. In such a short time he touched so many lives and has
left everyone with fantastic memories. Forever in our hearts and in our memories, always at peace.
Our brave boy
Peter came into the world a little late but left far too early. He was born a healthy baby, our
first child. He had milk intolerance in his first year and the usual coughs and colds but nothing
that would give us any concern.
He was a kind and loving boy that you couldn’t help but love. When he started nursery and school
he was keen to be one of the lads. He loved football and began playing for a team (Bexhill Boys)
when he was just five years old, and went to his first Sunderland match the same year (19th
September 1998 Sunderland 7 – Oxford 0). Peter loved school as he saw it as a great place to
socialise, his effort in his school work was just enough to get by although the teachers always said
he could do better, which he was starting to do in his last years (really well in maths). Peter got
on with most people and any fall out with friends would not last long. He loved girls and had a
steady stream of females at the front door, his laid back nature and sense of humour appealed to
everyone.
Peters first stay in hospital was due to an accident (slipping on the stairs and breaking his leg)
he had to wear a full leg cast but it didn’t let this get him down. In the winter of 2002 he
began to lose his hair, the doctor said that it was alopecia and sure enough in the spring his hair
grew back however in April 2003 we noticed he was bruising very easily. After examination and blood
test by the doctor he was referred to haematology at Sunderland General we were told he had ITP
(idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura), a blood disorder that effected his platelets that control
blood clotting. A year later his spleen was removed and this seemed to solve the problem however
approximately a year later he noticed a small lump under his arm. It was discovered after a biopsy
that his lymph gland was swollen, then started various infections and low white cell counts, then
the platelet problem returned.
Sunderland General referred Peter to the immunology department at Newcastle General Hospital, and in
November 2006 we were told that his immune system was immature and Peter would need to be observed
at regular clinics. May 2007 Peter attended a scheduled appointment at the immunology clinic, he
was admitted a day later as we were told he had a severe chest infection (pneumonia - we found out
later), in the meantime a scan had been checked (done weeks earlier to investigate a lump in his
eye) it showed that Peter had brain tumour. The specialists thought the worst as he had lumps in
other places, but after several biopsies (neck, brain and lung) it showed that all the lumps were
non-cancerous. The immunology specialist believed that the best option was to give Peter a bone
marrow transplant to give him a new immune system.
Peter left hospital a month later and went back to school happy to get on with everything he did
before. He was disappointed that he could not play football due to the tumour and platelet issue,
he was not allowed to swim either as he now had a hickman line (an access point direct to his main
artery, so the various medications could be given easier). But this did not stop him from getting
on, he never played on his illness and really stuck in at school, performing even better. Spending
time with friends was important to him and some of the stories we have heard since just proved that,
he even came home with a black eye after being knocked in the face during a game of football!!!!!
May 2008 arrived the time for him to be admitted to the bone marrow unit, he was looking forward to
the time he was ‘just normal’. The new bone marrow took really well and Peter was so calm and
laid back, the staff thought he was brilliant. Then a complication set in GVHD (Graft verses host
disease) which can attack the lungs, skin or gut, in Peters’ case it was his gut. He coped well,
the doctors began treatment but there was no improvement. In the August they sent him to Holland,
where a specialist treatment using stem cells was given. A month later he was sent to Holland again
but now things were not good. Peter was so poorly but he didn’t give up, then Friday 26th
September 2008 the doctors decided that he should go onto a ventilator in the intensive care unit.
Saturday 27th September 2008 the worst news, nothing more could be done and Peters’ organs were
shutting down and that we needed to get ourselves prepared. Sunday we had Peter and his brother
christened with close family with us. With only days left I mentioned that I wish I could have
taken him home, as on Peters down times (there weren’t many) he just wanted to go home. The staff
were brilliant and did everything to grant mine and Peters wish. Peter hung on and Wednesday 1st
October 2008 we took our son home to his own bed (still sedated and on a ventilator). The
ventilator was removed after everyone’s goodbyes and his dad I held him as he slipped into his
eternal rest.
Peter’s bravery is an inspiration to those who knew him especially his dad and I, we miss him so
much, our lives will forever have a huge hole in it.
Tributes to the house from friends
Peter all your friends have been visiting the house to pay there respects your girlfriend Sarah sat with us last night and talked about you all night, Alicia and Lauren (as you always called her little Lauren) brought flowers to the house this afternoon for you. Bankzy, Faz and Manson came to the house to pay there respects. Sam, Lauren and Emma called in also to pay there respects. All of this was very moving.
Bankzy is boxing tonight at the club and has on his shirt in memory of Peter Morton RIP. I know you will be there cheering Bankzy on and we wish him all the best and hope he wins.
missing you
this year has passed us by in a blur of mixed emotions, the deepest sadness of your loss was the worst pain ever to cope with. Then over the year as Laurie has done things it has always been tinged with... Peter should be doing that too!! How unfair this all turned out to be.
Cant begin to imagine how your mam, Dad, Adam and rest of the family are coping, its been a terrible sad day for us, i kept looking at the clock this morning and when it got to that time all i could think of was the message i recieved to say you were at peace and just thought of you all day.
we will always cherish the time we had with you and still cherish the time we spend with your family.
Thinking of them and you always, love from Helen, Stephen Laurie and Ben Gibbinson xxxx
︽☆︽ TIME TO FOLD YOUR ANGEL WINGS ︽☆︽
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.............((............ A ray of sunshine came & went
.............) \........... A beautiful treasure only lent
............( , ).......... A prayer
.........._ `|'_......... A tear
...........| () ||........ A memory so dear
...........|.....||....... Each day of our lives
...........|.....||........We wish you were here
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︽☆︽ SWEET ANGEL ︽☆︽ SWEET DREAMS ︽☆︽
Love Linda
Tributes at the Crematorium
We have just been to the Crem (your mam, me and Adam) for the second time today as when we went this morning there were no tributes. Been there again at about 1600 hours and there were more tributes, flowers and written tributes in a book from your friends from school both males and females, your nana, granda and aunty Julie and uncle Mick. We (your mam and me) would like to thank all those people who have left tributes at the crem. Also we would like to thank anybody who goes after we have left who leaves any tributes.
We would also like to thank everybody for leaving tributes on this website for Peter. Today has not been easy at all, At 1045 hours the time you passed away a year ago at this time it was very hard and emotional for me and your Mam. Today has been very hard for both of us. We miss you so so much it still hurts very much. All our love Dad.
Really Missing you
Peter Canet Belive it has been a year to day mate not a day gose by when we dont think about you.. you will never be forgotten you are always in our hearts r.i.p .xxxx
Really missing you cant belive it has been a year i have been remembring all the good times we had . love you forever never forget you sleep tight keep my place warm love adele xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Our special grandson peter one year today
Precious memories of our darling grandson Peter, his first year away from us. Gone are the days we used to share, but in our hearts you are always there.
Till the rivers all run dry, till the sun falls from the sky, till our lives on earth are through, we will miss and love you.
Our broken hearts will never mend, our memories will never end, our tears will never dry our love for you will never die.
Till we meet again peter
all our love your
broken hearted
nana & granda
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One year today our darling peter
One year since god took you away, but in our hearts you will always stay. Behind every smile is many a tear, for our wonderful nephew we all loved so dear. Facing life without you is very hard, we lost one precious thing in life, a nephew on you i could always depend loyal kind and true, that was you. You left behind broken hearts but happy memories too, but we never wanted memories, we only wanted you. A heart full of giving, a warm loving smile. Forgive me lord if i still weep for the nephew i had and could not keep, a thousand tomorrows i would gladly give, if it had only been possible for our peter to live. Deep in our heart there's a picture worth more than gold, its the picture of you peter, whose memory will never grow old. Your name is precious, it will never grow old, it's engraved in our hearts in letters of gold. sleep tight sweet dreams love you forever your broken hearted auntie julie, uncle mick, sophie and jack xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
One day today :'(
I cant believe this day has actually come so quick.I still remember the day you were taking from us so clearly and i just keep on hoping that it was all a dream but it weren't. i get really upset when ever i think of you, but then the memories that we shared over shadow them and i start laughing :D.
I miss you so much i just wish you were still here to talk as your really the only lad i could talk to.
Reading what your mam and dad have been writing on here has had me in tears cos i didnt know how much you actually went through in the last couple of days.
im so glad you got to go home before you were taking. when i came to see you the room was done out so nice and you looked so peaceful lying there resting. it was horrible having to drag rhys out of the room :'(
Today please look after your mam, dad and adam cos today is going to be such a hard day for them :(, Rest in peace gorgeous. Love you (LL) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A year today
This day has been dreaded by everyone Peter Babe. Just to think that it was this time last year when we first lost you. I hope you're watching down over your mam, dad and adam because this is going to be particularly hard for them Peter. This year has seemed to fly by and i still cant believe you're gone. I often think is it just a dream. Its hard to think that I'll never see you again, here your laugh or see you smile. The memories of you are always happy ones Peter so I hope your having the time of your life up there, being a little bit mischievous. We will all see you again one day, so until then RIP Peter, and keep on being that brightest star in the sky. Love you always Peter, you'll never be forgotten xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1 year today! x
That dreaded day, that i never wanted, i can remember that day, was at hospital that day, i was just arriving back home with me grandma grandad & my mam (your aunty Viv). my mam got a text message on her phone & that dreaded look on her face, as i looked at her i burst out crying, i just knew you had left us. Today is going to be the hardest day of my life so far. i was sitting reading the other messages from your friends & your mam & dad. i can't begin to imagine what they are going through, EVERYONE is in our thoughts today here in the our house, even my grandma and granda will be thinking about you & i know that even though me & Steven aren't together anymore, you will be in his thoughts today, coz he knowa how hard today is going to be for me, i will see him at college so i'm sure he'll be thinking of you. You are so special to me, my BEST FRIEND! & sometimes i get so angry at myself, for not being able to say goodbye to you.. but then i just think of that final day that i did actually see you, 15th Feb O8.. Kerry & Richy's engagement party, even though they aren't together anymore, i don't care, coz that was the last memory that i have with you. Babe your in my thoughts today & always, as i wonder round college and get on with my lessons i know i will be in a world of my own, being so moody with everyone, coz the one person i want to talk to isn't here, the hardest thing i ever did was have to say goodbye to you, just like everyone else, my heart is shattered & i know that my mam, dad, Kerry & Carl will be thinking of you and everyone else today as well, we can't imagine what today is gonna be like for your mam & dad & Adam, but we all know that you will be with them today, along with everyone else. EVERY SINGLE MEMORY that i have with you will be in my thoughts, even them silly parties at the van :). but today is no where near a party baby, the saddest, hardest, most upsetting day of my life & today is gonna be just the same, forever in my thoughts you are, & the rest of us here in Ashington!
Sleep tight darling, thinking og you today & always!
Love you forever, you will never ever ever be forgotten! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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