News & Stories
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Stories
Zachary's story
Rachael thought a very small mark in the centre of her son Zachary’s head was a birthmark, but when the two-month-old stopped feeding well and developed a temperature just after Christmas she called 111
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Tim F's story
Tim Fear, of Totterdown in Bristol, was one of the children caught up in the original meningitis outbreak in Stroud in the 1980s that saw the birth of Meningitis Now. He tells his story here
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Barry and Anita's story
Anita’s dad Barry was a fit and healthy 74-year-old one day but laid low by meningitis the next. The family thought he would never come out of an induced coma, but Barry pulled through and beat meningitis, despite suffering terrible after-effects
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Thomas B's story
Thomas Butler, from Seghill in Northumberland, was sent home from hospital with what he thought was a relatively minor illness. Less than ten minutes after leaving hospital, he had a seizure – and was taken straight back to A&E
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Evie M's story
When Paris Mcallan’s baby daughter Evie initially fell ill, doctors thought she had swallowed a battery! Luckily they soon diagnosed meningitis and Evie was given the help she needed
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Ember E's story
Baby Ember completed her family, but within a day she showed signs of being ill with red hands and feet, slight grunting whilst breathing and mottled skin at the top of her legs
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Barney's story
Rod Adlington’s son Barney was a happy, healthy three-year-old in 2005 until one morning he fell ill with a headache. He was taken to hospital and tragically he died early the next morning
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Harrison M's story
It was only because she was home after attending a funeral that Ellamae Monk discovered her 20-year-old brother Harrison collapsed on the floor of their bathroom and was able to call for an ambulance
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Mark P's story
Mark Pratley battled meningitis twice – and has now thanked Meningitis Now for the support we gave to help him on his road to recovery
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Jack D's story
When Jill’s newborn baby fell ill in July last year she was told it was “just viral meningitis”. Initially relieved, she started reading up on it and realised there was no “just” about it. Jill, from Lenzie, near Glasgow, told us their story
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Jackie G's story
Jackie was unable to celebrate her landmark 40th birthday and a special surprise her children had planned when she fell ill with meningitis
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Maria's story
Maria has underlying health conditions, so when she first became ill in October 2019, aged 64, she thought it was a side-effect of the treatment she was having. In fact though her headache was a symptom of pneumococcal meningitis