kirsty was born on the 17th of october 1998. she was a special kind of baby, always wanting to be with me her mum. she cried wenever she could not see me. this stayed with her till she was about three. she was a good child and played very well with her sister sheree. she started nursery and was so happy and proud to be doing so, the little bogger brokr my heart on her first day, after going into school it was time to say goodbye which i was expecting to be a troumatic time, it wasnt for kirsty she just played in the sand and i was stood at the door saying its time for me to go now kirsty she just replied ok buy mummy, i was so upset she wouldnt come over to me and kiss me goobye, i had to go over to kirsty for a kiss and a squeeze. she loved school and really got on very well getting on with each and every child. she looked after the younger children. in september 2003 kirsty started full time infants, she loved this as well and couldnt wait to be going everyday. she used to go into school on a morning with her eye patch on and at 10 oclock she had to take it off and the person she liked the best that day would be given her sticker off her eye patch.christmas came and went and kirsty stared back to school in january. on the 19th of january kirsty woke up and came into my room and to my horror she had had a stroke on her right hand side. i immidiatly took her to the doctor and where sent straight down to the hospital. here she had a ctt scan and at four oclock that day i was told that she had a brain stem gliomma and i was told she would live for 6 to 9 months! kirsty was transfered to the qmc in nottingham were she stayed for a week and had loads more tests. we eventually came home so we could care for kirsty at home. we had plenty of trips to the qmc some of them day trips others kirsty had to stay in for a few days. it got to a point where kirsty was far too ill to go to hospital and on the 9th of march at 4 oclock kirsty was to take her finall breath, she died in my arms with her sister sheree.