TRIBUTES have been paid to a nine-year-old schoolgirl who died after suffering a massive asthma attack at home.

Hannah Foote collapsed and stopped breathing during a severe attack in front of her mother and sister.

Her mum Mairi, 37, made a desperate bid to revive Hannah until paramedics arrived, who confirmed that Hannah had suffered a cardiac arrest.

She was rushed to Hairmyres hospital in her hometown of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, but had been starved of oxygen for 30 minutes.

Staff were able to revive Hannah and transferred her to Yorkhill Sick Children's Hospital in Glasgow, but she died two days later on October 16.

All her family were by her bedside.

Her heartbroken parents Mairi and David, and her older sister Caitlin, 12, were joined by friends and family on Wednesday for the funeral of their 'wee angel'.

Pupils and teachers from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School in East Kilbride congregated at Our Lady of Lourdes chapel in the town to honour her memory.

Mourners were handed out service cards which included a message written by Hannah's family which read as if from the youngster.

The touching note read: "I lived my wee life to the full, always running, never stopping.

"For those that knew me, I loved life and embraced it. I enjoyed shopping, school, running, dancing, skating, cycling my bike, climbing high trees and going on holidays.

"I loved watching Dr Who, Star Gate SG1, High School Musical and my all time favourite, Hannah Montana - named after me."

The message continued: "I'm a cuddly girl at heart, love teddy bears, dressing up and my favourite colours are pink and purple.

"I very rarely slept in my own bed, I slept with my mum mostly but I won't openly admit to it.

"Best of all I enjoyed teasing my big sister Caitlin, hiding her make-up, borrowing her stuff without asking, and oh yes, forgetting to return it."

Last night Hannah's parents were still too upset to speak about the tragedy.

But her aunt, Lynne Burnett, 46, spoke on their behalf.

She said: "She was just a wee whirlwind and was always running around doing things at 100 miles an hour.

"She had a heart of gold, was so cute and well-spirited and had lots of pals, boys and girls.

"She loved animals and would bring in dead birds and say she was going to try and bring them back to life.

"Just before she died she was round here and was playing in the park and brought home a big dog she thought was a stray.

"But when we went back to the park there was a lady there looking for it, that's just they type of wee girl she was.

"Her mum's holding up well considering what has happened. But it'll be a while before we are able to pick ourselves up."

Hannah had been diagnosed as suffering from asthma three years ago.

Lynne added: "She never had any real problems with her asthma, it was just a small niggly thing for her.

"It's really alarming because you just don't think of people dying from asthma, you think of it as one of those things where people get breathless for a second and then they're fine.

"This really brings it home on how dangerous it can be, but maybe what happened to Hannah will make people think about it more.

"On behalf of the family, I want to pass our thanks on to everyone involved who went above and beyond the call of duty."

Our Lady of Lourdes headteacher, Paul McGarry, said: "Hannah was a lovely girl and she will be sadly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time."

Hannah's aunt Lynne also said that the family are now looking at ways to fundraise for Yorkhill Hospital.

She added: "Mairi and Caitlin are going to work with Yorkhill to do fundraising and raise awareness of the illness.

"Maybe by doing that they can help prevent something like this happening to other families."

One in 11 children in the UK has asthma and it is the most common long-term medical condition.

In Scotland it is estimated 370,000 people are currently receiving treatment for asthma. This consists of around 72,000 children and 296,000 adults.