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Katie's Story
Katie was born on 29th September 1986 a normal healthy baby to
proud parents Julie and Micky. However at 6 months Katie and her
family were faced with the daunting news of a terratoma diagnosis.
Surgery on this occasion was the only option, with an 8 hour operation
leaving poor Katie fighting for her life in intensive care. If this
battle wasn't bad enough at such a young age the cancer returned
shortly after her third birthday
The news at this time was bleak with certain doctors saying recovery
was extremely rare. Katie being the fighter she was endured 6 months
chemotherapy followed by more surgery and yet again this brave courageous
girl defied all odds to pull through.
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Katie went on to live a happy childhood and
stayed free of cancer for fourteen years. Like all teenagers
she lived life to the full, successfully gaining 9 GCSE's,
4 A Levels and starting university at Scarborough. However
unfortunately shortly after turning 19 the cancer returned,
with chemotherapy and radiotherapy being the course of action
at Western Park in Sheffield. A further 15 month battle was
faced by Katie, with this unbelievable girl managing to maintain
a smile and constantly putting other people first. The grueling
effects of the cancer and chemotherapy didn't even prompt
Katie to complain, if this wasn't inspiration enough she proceeded
through the pain to produce a video
to help other teenage cancer sufferers |
Devastatingly Katie's brave battle was lost on 27th March 2007,
leaving a large void in many peoples lives especially her proud
parents Micky and Julie
Now our aim is to ensure Katie's memory lives on, what better way
to show people how much she meant than put this trust in her name
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