News & Stories
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Stories
Rhys' story
Emma and Justin were visiting family in London when their baby son Rhys first became ill. As they headed home to Wales meningitis never entered their heads, but as Rhys continued to deteriorate Emma became increasingly concerned about his condition
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Charlie M's story
Our Community Ambassador Ian Watkinson explores the impact losing his grandson Charlie to meningitis had on him and still has
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Sophia S's meningitis story
Joanna and Chris’s young daughter Sophia had suffered her first illness but appeared to have recovered well. However, whilst on a Christmas shopping trip, her parents became worried and trusting their ‘gut feeling’ contacted doctors
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Ian K's story
Ian contracted meningococcal meningitis shortly before his third birthday and sadly died soon afterwards, leaving his young parents devastated. This was 1974 when the medical landscape was quite different to today
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Connie's story
Penny’s daughter Connie was lethargic and had a fever but it was when Penny noticed she also had a bulging fontanelle that she knew she had to get her straight to hospital
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Skye T's story
After a difficult birth and at just four days old Sophie and Chris’s daughter Skye went grey and limp and stopped breathing. She was resuscitated and rushed to hospital, where viral meningitis was diagnosed
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Ellie R's story
Katie’s young daughter Ellie was sleeping through feeds and had a high temperature so, trusting her instinct, Katie took her to A&E
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Bernard's story
Bernard, from Chester, was 58 when he fell ill with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia
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Lucy P's story
Lucy, from Edinburgh, was 19 when she fell ill with MenC in January 2000. She had a range of symptoms including photophobia and a high temperature, but diagnosis was complicated because of other conditions
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Abigail B's story
Abigail had only been home from the postnatal department for a few hours when she started to jerk her head and make strange noises
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Calum's story
Our Community Ambassador Margaret McLaren, from Glasgow, has been supporting our work since losing her nephew Calum to meningitis in October 2007. She tells their story here
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Jade L's story
Jade, from Tenby in Pembrokeshire, was 21 in 2015 when she became ill with a severe headache, vomiting and aching all over