Alyssa Dickinson I

Alyssa Irene Dickinson (b. 18th January 1980 - d. 8th September 1999) was a resident of North Grove her whole life, excluding the periods of time she spent at Children's Hospitals.

Aged just 19 years old, Alyssa succumbed to Leukaemia, leaving her brother and parents devastated.

Childhood
Alyssa had a normal childhood at first, she played with her friends outside, had sleepovers and messed around with older brother Oliver like a typical little girl. It was when she was six when she was first diagnosed with the cancer.

It started to take over her life, she was spending more time in hospital than out and she lost a lot of her friends when she failed to attend lesson a lot of the time. This made her become depressed and lonely, having only her brother and friend Ivy to keep her company and more importantly, sane.

When she was twelve, she went into remission with the expectation of it completely leaving her body as she had a bone marrow transplant.

Joining high school, she had a few good semi-normal years where she dated casually and had some good friends but when she was seventeen, the leukaemia came back more agressively.

Death
On 30th August 1999, Alyssa was admitted into the hospital where she was made comfortable and on the 8th September, with her family and friends surrounding her, she passed away in her sleep aged just 19. The death really affected her mother, but her brother also became more of a recluse, he hardly went out and just sat at her grave for hours on end with the months that followed.

Family
Mother: Pamela Dickinson

Father: Paul Dickinson

Brother: Oliver Dickinson

Nieces: Mia Dickinson, Alyssa Dickinson, Kiera Dickinson and Nicole Dickinson

Sister-In-Law: Millie Dickinson