News & Stories
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Kaylie's story
Kaylie Knight from Chelmsford never felt like the same child again after contracting meningitis as a seven-year-old. Eighteen years on, she admits life has been tough – but has found love and is looking forward to starting a family of her own one day
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Alice B's story
Alice was a second year student at Portsmouth university when she woke up with what she first thought was a hangover. Luckily she decided to call her mum when she didn’t start to feel any better because what she actually had was meningitis
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Samantha N's story
Thirty-nine-year-old Samantha from Leybourne in Kent thought she had been overdoing it when she felt dizzy and sick. But as her symptoms mounted up to include lower back ache, a severe headache and loss of control of her right leg, she knew it was time to see a doctor
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Jude H's story
Baby Jude was just eight days old when he was admitted to hospital. Meningitis left him with severe and lifelong after-effects, but the family is beyond grateful that he survived and has chosen to embrace life fully
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Rita and Nancy's story
It was September 2016 and Rachael Holgate from Darlington should have been celebrating the birth of her new twin girls. Instead, she had an agonising wait to see if the girls would pull through after being diagnosed with viral meningitis
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Xavier's story
Lynn’s 2-year-old son Xavier became ill with what turned out to be meningococcal septicaemia in January 1999. After a battle he survived, but the disease left him with severe and life-changing after-effects
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Joe B's story
Cherelle and Chris’ 5-month-old son Joe had a very high temperature and was vomiting. Cherelle knew something was seriously wrong with him and stood her ground with doctors to get tests done
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Sadie's story
Laura and John’s young twin daughter Sadie had just started nursery and was picking up lots of bugs, so her parents weren’t initially too worried when she became ill. But as her condition deteriorated they quickly sought medical advice
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Denise L's story
Denise, 54, learnt the hard way that meningitis is no respecter of your age and can affect anyone, when she became ill with pneumococcal meningitis earlier this year
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Ebonie's story
Nadia was on a night out when her instinct told her that her young daughter Ebonie needed her. The 7-year-old had developed a high temperature and as Nadia watched, a rash began to develop
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Bex and Emily's story
Bex’s one-year-old daughter Emily had a range of symptoms including lethargy and a stiff neck. Despite these and suffering seizures she was discharged twice from hospital and it was only on a late night third visit that her meningitis was suspected and successfully treated
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Rio's story
Baby Rio was just over a week old when he became poorly, on the hottest day of the year. Mum Leah, from Didcot in Oxfordshire drove him to hospital that night, where bacterial meningitis was diagnosed