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Pippa G’s story
Kayleigh gave birth to her daughter Pippa at home and all seemed fine. But Pippa struggled to feed and her breathing became increasingly noisy, sadly, she had contracted group b strep meningitis – a condition her parents were not aware of – and lost her battle shortly afterwards. Kayleigh, from Myddle in Shropshire, tells their story here
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Emma B's story
When Julie spotted a pinprick rash on her young daughter Emma she immediately arranged to get her to hospital. Her quick thinking saved Emma’s life. The Edinburgh mum tells their story here
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Lindsay's story
Lindsay, from Keith in Moray, fell ill with a severe headache which she couldn’t throw off with painkillers or sleep. Her condition worsened and she was sent to hospital, where viral meningitis was confirmed. She tells her story here
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Elsie B's story
Little Elsie, from Whitehaven in Cumbria, beat pneumococcal meningitis in 2015. She tells her story here, with a little help from her parents
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William P's story
Roxanne's son, William, developed pneumococcal meningitis from an ear infection three days after his first birthday.
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Mason S’s story
Bryony, from Bentley in South Yorkshire, did not suspect her 2-year-old son Mason had meningitis – she took him to hospital because he had a high temperature. It was a good thing she did because it enabled treatment to start early. She tells their story here
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Luke H’s story
Holly’s son Luke was born prematurely and sadly lived for just 12 weeks. Holly, from Corby in Northamptonshire, tells their sad story here
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Ryan-Nathan M’s story
Dionne’s baby son Ryan-Nathan just wasn’t his usual self and doctors told the Belfast mum to take him straight to hospital, where he was soon being treated for meningitis. Tests later confirmed the diagnosis. Fortunately Ryan-Nathan went on to make a good recovery and nothing now stops him. Dionne tells their story here
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Charlie T’s story
Kathy’s baby son Charlie was just 20 days when he became seriously ill with e-coli meningitis. The brave youngster fought back from the disease but the experience was like a bombshell exploding in their family, Kathy says, and the aftershocks are still happening. She tells their story here
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Louise and Lewis B’s story
Louise from Airth in Falkirk was over the moon when, after fertility issues and heartaches along the way, she gave birth to Lewis in June 2016. But at just three weeks he was diagnosed with late onset Group B strep
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Peter McG’s story
Peter, from Glasgow, was enjoying travelling through Europe in 1989 when he was laid low by meningococcal septicaemia. He pulled through but has been left with lifelong after-effects. He tells his story as a meningitis survivor here
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George Z's story
On Thursday 10 August George left for the Boardmasters festival in Cornwall. By that evening he was being sick and felt unwell