| Location | Sunderland |
| Age | 15 years |
| Cause of Death | Organ Failure |
| Date of Birth | 29/04/1993 |
| Date of Death | 01/10/2008 |
| Visitors | 8,644 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.
College :)
i had my college induction, yesterday & monday, i've got a place now, im well chuffed, its gonna be great & i've met this lad called adam, hes so cute, lets hope things go well, coz i really like him, hes so sweet :).
mate, i miss you, i never stop thinking about you! you means everything to me, its still so hard to believe your gone :(. love you always, xxxxx
OUR SPECIAL NEPHEW PETER
TO OUR DARLING PETER 11 month has past treasured unforgettable memories of our special nephew peter. The moment i heard that you had died, my heart was torn in two, one side filled with heartache, the other died with you. I often lie awake at night, when the world is fast asleep and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon my cheeks. Remembering you is easy, I do it every day but missing you is the heartache, that never goes away. There is always a face before me, a voice i would love to hear, a smile i will always remember,of a very special nephew i loved so dear. Deep in my heart lies a picture, more precious than silver or gold, Its a picture of our special nephew peter, Whose memory will never grow old. My never ending love auntie julie, uncle mick, sophie and jack xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Its that time of the month again the 1st, 11 month since you left us, cant believe its nearly a year, its seems like only yesterday that you closed your eyes and were free of pain, thinking of you loads today just like we do every day really, missing you loads Peter, love you forever, all our love and thousands of kisses from auntie Tracey, Natalie, David & Chloe xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thinking of you today and every day, cant believe how fast the time has gone, 11 months today, its seems just like yesterday since we last saw you, but at the same time it seems like a life time ago. I know you will be there with your Mam, Dad and Adam and looking after them and helping them through the heartache they are going through.
Stephen
11 Months
CANNOT believe its the 1st of the month again, especially this one, as its only 1 month month til 1 year, as your mam mentioned on the last comment that you had been talking to friends on msn, i looked through some old chat logs & was sad when i realised i didnt have them, but i remembered that, i asked steven to print it off for me, but then he accidently deleted his chat logs too, before he printed it off.. so that hurt a little, but on a good note, i remember the hug, and that great big smile you gave me as you were leaving my sisters engagement party, and that stupid evil look of steven, but that didnt bother me, coz i knew how special you were to me & you still are, nothing will EVER get in the way of that, EVER. sleep tight babe! RIP! xxxxxxx
The final month.
1st of September, 11 months since we lost you. September last year was tough, you were very poorly but still tried your best. You went to Holland for the second time and the staff were amazed at how well you were coping. Some things seemed to be getting better, you were getting some attitude back that made us smile thinking that you must be improving. September the 12th (a Friday) you managed to chat to some friends on MSN and when I kept asking who you were talking to, you would shh me. It's so hard to accept that you didn't survive as you battled so hard without complaint, you always did as you were instructed by the staff. There are no words that describe how much we miss you.
Loving you always Mam and Dad.xxx.
Results and college! :(
Well mate, got my results yesterday, i wasn't impressed to be honest im canny upset, i only got 1 C & I needed 2, to get into the course at college that i wanted to do, to join the police force, so now, i have to wait and see, til 1 week today & they're gonna ring me, to see if there's a spare place that i can take, and if not, i can't go, im properrrr gutted, i really feel like i''ve let the whole family down, and your mam & dad & myself, im so upset, but then i think that, maybe its your way of telling me that joining the police force isnt for me? i just dont know what im going to do yet. i know yesterday would have been a hard day for everyone at your school & stuff, and your mam & dad, your were in my thoughts darling, so hard without you, i miss you loads. sleep tight angel, RIP xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Results and Yearbook,
Hi peter, Yesterday we had to go up to the school and collect our results. Peter i ow you a thank you cos i ow my C in english and its all down to you :D,
Although i was happy with my results i was also sad thinking that you weren't there to share our happiness cos i know for a fine fact that you would have passed all your lessons.
I was all excited to get my year book to know that there was 2-4 pages dedicated to you, BUT when we got the yearbooks we realised that there weren't 4 pages dedicated to you but only a little paragraph, I was fuming with everyone cos i couldn't believe they had done that, so I'm really sorry if you weren't happy but we did try and get things sorted for you :D,
I really hope you were watching over us while we were opening our results and keep o taking care of your mam, dad and adam cos it will be getting so hard for them :D I Love You Peter :D Keep Smiling Babes, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sorry
sorry peter but i left that message using my phone because we are busy getting the internet changed over. so i know it makes no sense its because my phone is on that Daft predictive text and i dont know how to take it off. sorry xxxxx
year book
hi sever. yesterday we got our exam results and year books. can you remember Me saying how i had a feeling something would go wrong? well it did.
we had originally organised for you to have four pages at the front of the cool. there was two pages of writing, and two of photos. however the man who put it all together thought it would be okay to put a small paragraph and photo at the back Me the book. i wasn't impressed. i am really sorry but we were totally unaware until yesterday. however i dont have a way Me correcting this mistake, but will be giving your mam and dad the original copy Me what we wanted in the book. i know its not the same and yesterday really upset Me but you must understand it wasn't our fault. sorry.
on a lighter note. something that will probably make you laugh. i got a D in geography. i think they may have looked at our investigation thingy and realised the the date we collected was a load of rubbish :) haha it made Me laugh though when i seen it. :) it wasn't really the Daft probab
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