News & Stories
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Alfie B's story
Stephanie’s active son Alfie was very sleepy and had a high temperature. When he had a convulsion he was rushed to hospital where meningococcal meningitis was quickly diagnosed and treatment started
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Holly D’s story
Ten-year-old Holly came home from hospital on Christmas Eve last year after surviving meningitis a second time. Mum Rachel, from Nottingham, tells the story of their Christmas miracle
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Matthew Griffin's story
Matthew was admitted to hospital with meningitis last month; when he woke up four days later he had completely missed his 21st birthday!
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Alfie K's story
When Shannon’s baby son Alfie was taken ill two years ago the family was warned he wasn’t going to make it. But the plucky youngster pulled through and proved everybody wrong, as Shannon, from Todmorden in Lancashire, recounts here
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Parker's story
Penny and her husband feared the worst when nurses took them aside and prepared them to say goodbye to their daughter Parker. Their baby daughter was being induced into a coma and they had no idea what was ahead
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Daisy's story
Daisy was 25 when she became ill two years ago with a headache, fever, sickness and sensitivity to light. To this day the young mum still suffers headaches but, thanks to brilliant support from her family and friends, she has been able to rebuild her life
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Kasie's story
Twenty-eight-year-old Kasie, from Pen-y-ffordd in Flintshire, started feeling ill with a severe headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea and sickness, stiffness and pain in neck and shoulders and light sensitivity
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Stephanie's story
Lying in a strange hospital bed, alone and terrified, Stephanie really didn’t know what was going to happen to her. It took a full six days of tests until she was finally diagnosed – with viral meningitis
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Mike M's story
Seventy-two-year-old Mike, from Biggin Hill in Kent, fell ill with meningococcal meningitis in September last year. He had been feeling a bit weary during the day and woke up six days later in intensive care. Although his health had been declining over the year he had a decent run in the woods with his dog the day before
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Niamh R's story
After Sophie took baby daughter Niamh back to hospital for a third time in April this year, doctors finally diagnosed meningitis. Now Sophie, from Leek in Staffordshire, wants to warn other parents not to wait for a rash when their children fall ill
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Paul C's story
It started with what he thought was symptoms of flu, but after blacking out Paul, from Brackley in Northants, woke up three days later in intensive care having been diagnosed with meningitis
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Lucy W's story
Lucy was in so much pain she knew something wasn’t right. In desperation, she sent a plea for help to her family’s WhatsApp group – hoping someone would come to her rescue