James Kenneth Robert Marshall

our beautiful baby boy was born on 1st october 1991, at 5.25am weighing in at a fine 7LB 11oz
healthy and bright, at 6 weeks old you got a cold and and soon after was diagnosed with asthma, it
was never a major problem just always remembering to have your puffers with us. whenever you got a
cold it would go stright to your chest, but it never seemed to be a big deal in your life, as you
got older and started school, you ran around the playground with the other boys, when you were out
playing at home i was always nagging you to put a jumper on or zip your coat up, but you would
complain that it was hard to ride your bike or play football with a coat on.at 11 you started
secondary school, you loved your smart blazer and tie and took great pride in looking smart,and boy
did you look amazing! we were sooo proud of you. as you were getting older your asthma was a very
small part of your life, you joined the local football team as goalie, going to practice in all
weathers and never missing a match, just me being a pain saying 'have you got your puffer'
as you ran out of the door, yelling 'am going to the park for a kick about'
the day that changed our lives started as any other, dad was cutting the grass, i went to get my
nails done, you were watching the football on tv, at 8pm you said your chest was hurting, at 8.30
dad said he would take you to casulty, once there you saw the doctor, he gave you go on the
nebuliser, then you had to sit in reception for an hour to make sure all was ok, you wanted a coke
from the machine but dad didnt have any money on him, so you sulked, you got bored and wanted to
come home, at last the doctor said you could leave, so you got home at midnight and went up to bed,
at 1am you came into our room and said you felt strange, we went into your room and put you on the
nebuliser, you seemed fine and we went back to bed, about 15 minutes later you came in , could
barely stand, you said you it hurt, i put my arm around you, you were sweating i said come into your
bed, dad will get dressed and take you back to hospital, you collapsed in my arms, and our world
fell apart, i screamed, dad came running in, he did mouth to mouth on you for half an hour while the
ambulance came then they worked on you, i was in a blind panic, i phoned nanny and uncle chris, they
all came over, then dad went with you in the ambulance, i went with tiffany and auntie natalie, at
3am on the 1st may 2005 the doctor came in and told us you had gone, i screamed couldnt take it in,
this wasnt happening, but it was real, horribly real, our family had changed forever.
we miss you so much honey mum xxx