Michael Thomas McQuiggan
| Location | Bolton |
| Age | 15 years |
| Date of Birth | 10/1982 |
| Date of Death | 9/1998 |
| Visitors | 3,715 since 23/10/2007 |
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Michael Mcquiggan
Born 19/10/82
Died 17/9/98
Age 15
School :Parklands & Mereoaks
Mum Sue, Dad Tom, brother Barry, sister Sally.
Michael had DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
Michael was my first child and he had lovely blonde hair and chubby legs . We
used to say he would be a footballer - then at the age of three he was diagnosed
with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy which would confine him to a wheelchair and his
life would be made short.
We tried to fit into his short life as much as we could. He loved going out in
his electric wheelchair with the rest of the kids. It was so hard for us to see
Michael growing weaker and weaker. He had to be tube fed and on a night
ventilator which he hated. He would watch the little ones running and sometimes
say i wish i could walk.
He was very kind and if he thought he had upset you he would say I'm sorry,
I love you. He started to go into heart faliure and got weaker. He got admitted
into Martin House Children's Hospice which Michael and the family used to
love to go to. He went into Martin House and died peacefully on Thursday 17th of
September aged 15, just four weeks before his 16th bithday, on his cousins
jasons birthday . He would have loved to have been there he loved a party. Its
been nine years and we still miss him like mad. He was my soul mate and my best
friend.
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Amy Smith (Cousin) March 31, 2009Hello Michael not wrote on here for a while just want to say how much i miss you and wish u was here! Missing u always hope u n simone looking after each other and your grandad if hes already up there. Love forever and always Amy xxxxxxx
Sue McQuiggan (Mum) September 17, 200810th Anniversary
Been to your grave today and put 10 white and 10 red roses on your grave it looked beautiful with all the flowers from Yvonne and Nan Sally Karl and Alfie called and they brought flowers your dad sat Alfie on you stone and he smiled, he looks like you, i wished you would of met him you would of loved him. Put one of your roses a white one on Simones grave from you and us, miss and wish you were here every day miss you muches love always Mum.xxxxxxxxxx ^i^
Yvonne Smith (Auntie) September 17, 2008michael
Today is your anniversary i came and put flowers on your grave and washed your face lol and jason 18th birthday today,love and miss you always never forget you love auntie yvonne xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sue McQuiggan (Mum) January 8, 2008I Really Miss You
I hate it without you
Life isn't the same
I feel i could cry
At the sound of your name
My heart is so heavy and sad
I love to reflect
On the good times we've had
So when i feel lonely
And lifes a chore
I simply imagine
I'm with you once more.
Love and miss you Darling Mumxxxxxxxx
Sue McQuiggan (Mum) January 8, 2008I'll never love anyone the way i love you
In loving you. I have experienced the happiness, the hurt,
The feeling of forever,
The need to be with you and love you.
It's you i miss, because you are the one I love.
To me love means forever.
No one will ever take your place,
Or know me the way you did.
You always knew what i was thinking and what i was feeling deep down.
I'll never love anyone,
The way i love you.
Love always forever Mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ^i^
Angie January 4, 2008Angel In My Heart
When I have no one to turn to
and I'm feeling kind of low
When there's no one here to talk to
and nowhere I want to go
I search deep down within myself
It is the love inside the heart
that let's me know my Angels are there
Even though we are miles apart
A smile then appears upon my face
and the sun begins to shine
I hear a voice, so soft and sweet.
saying, 'Everything will be just fine!'
It may seem that I am alone,
but I am never by myself at all
Whenever I need my Angels near
All I have to do is call
An Angels love is always true,
on that you can depend
They will always stand beside you
and will always be your friend.
Angie January 1, 2008Reflections on Muscular Dystrophy
by Joan Fleitas
So where's the trophy?
Where's the part of this muscle disease that tells him
he's a winner?
There it is attached to the 'dys', connected to something that makes him hurt.
But trophies shouldn't hurt.
They should shine in the sun and be given to the
very best players of the game.
Could he be one of them?
He used to jump and run and turn somersaults.
No more.
He used to walk in step without thinking.
No more.
Others count the stars.
He counts the stairs, climbing each of them as if
it were a mountain.
He worries about another kind of stare, too;
A long look that says 'you poor kid', and
'it all seems so hard for you.'
People uncomfortable with difference
give these looks to him.
He doesn't know quite what to do with them.
Isn't a child supposed to grow up without a care?
Without thinking about how many stairs,
and how many stares?
Without knowing that life can be a struggle?
He struggles, and emerges from that effort
a champion.
A child who loves with intensity.
A winner who learns that life as challenge
has something to offer.
A believer in life as an unfolding of miracles--
miracles that surround him.
He is a miracle of creation,
And to him is awarded, with great merit,
A shiny trophy.
Sally (Sister) December 6, 2007Hey bro! I thought i'd rite a little something to you! There isn't a day that goes by that i dnt think about you, you were everything to me! It's never been the same since you died! Sometimes wen i'm on my own, i cry because of how much i miss you! I wish you was still ere! Ya knw, you would of been an uncle soon. I always think about that. You were the best brother anyone could ever wish for! I will always cherish the times that we had, they will never be forgotten!
We will meet again one day n wen we do i'm gona give u the biggest hug in the world!
Anyway i'm gona go. Sweet Dreams bro
I love you so much and always will!
Stay close to me!
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Mazza (passerby) October 23, 2007michael is such a lovely looking little boy and my heart goes out to him. id like to send all my love to his family and love to heaven for michael
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love you always
think of you every
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Hi Michael not
light a candle for
a while miss you
darling sooo much
sending a big hug
love you forever.
mum ^i^
Tom's kind
invitation from his
web page has led me
to Michael's
memorial. From the
rare warmth a
stranger can feel
from a son's dad
he's never
met...God bless the
Mcquiggan family,
Michael and all.
couldnt get on
michael so managed
get on miss ya
loads and nalways
be thinking of u
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Missing you xxxxx
