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Jasmine was 'brave little soldier'

By Tim Harris
November 28, 2011

A YOUNG girl from Farnborough who became the first person in the UK to receive two different organ donations from her parents died earlier this month.

Jasmine Mirza, who died on November 11 aged seven, had received organ donations from both her parents, Sohrab Mirza and Cathie Locke, of Woburn Avenue.

Jasmine received part of her father Sohrab’s liver when she was a year old and had been diagnosed with liver failure. In 2008 she was given a kidney by her mother Cathie, making medical history.

Doctors treating Jasmine at the time said they had never heard of any cases where both parents had acted as donor for two different organs.

Since the second transplant, Jasmine had not been away from hospital for more than a month. Cathie said she would be greatly missed by all who knew her.

“Jasmine fought to the very end and was our very own brave soldier,” she said.

“She has left an amazing feeling of love behind as she was always so happy, and that is what friends and family and all who knew her remember about Jasmine.

“Her bravery and love she gave everyone was beyond amazing. She was a very happy little girl with an up-lifting personality.”

Jasmine was a pupil at St Peter’s Church of England Junior School, on Church Avenue, as she had recently moved up from North Farnborough Infants School on Rectory Road.

Her parents attended an assembly at St Peter’s this week, where Jasmine was remembered by everyone at the school, and they have said what a popular girl she was.

“She had a lot of lovely friends,” said Cathie. “She was quite popular. She had a lot of friends from the infant school who went to St Peter’s, so she knew a lot of children there.”

North Farnborough Infants, School, where Jasmine was a pupil for three years, are planning to plant a tree in her memory.

Jasmine liked colouring in pictures and drawings, and she also had a talent for making bracelets – she made them for the doctors and nurses at the London hospital where she was treated.

She also did drawings for many people in hospital, and her parents said it eased their worries when Jasmine did not mind going into hospital because so many people there knew her and knew how to make her laugh.

Jasmine had many likeable and commendable qualities, even at such a young age, they said.

Cathie said: “She was quite caring and considerate. She was such a thoughtful person.

“She was always happy and she had a wicked laugh, it was infectious. Everyone knew her for her laugh.

“I think people say she has left her legacy behind her, and she has probably changed a few peoples’ lives.”

Jasmine’s parents have set up a Just Giving page in memory of Jasmine, with all proceeds going to the Evelina Children’s Hospital Children’s Transplant Fund – the Guys and St Thomas Charity.

More than £3,000 has been raised so far and many visitors to the page have left kind messages for Jasmine, and support for Sohrab and Cathie.

“It is nice to read all the messages,” said Cathie. “It shows just what everyone thought about her.”

If you want to leave a donation to the charity, visit www.justgiving.com/Jasmine-Ella-Mirza.

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You've suffered so much little precious, such a brave little girl. All those horrible things that had to be done to keep you alive are at an end now you can rest in peace. The worlds a sadder place without you!