News & Stories
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Eva P's story
We went to bed on 28th December with Eva just one week and five days old. The day and evening had been entirely normal with nothing to indicate that Eva was poorly.
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Francesca's story
The scariest thing about meningitis is how there is sometimes so few symptoms
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Toby K’s story
Toby contracted pneumococcal meningitis and septicaemia as a baby, but survived with multiple after effects
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Matthew P's story
Matthew had been very sleepy on Tuesday and had a bit of a cold. He didn't have a particularly high temperature, but he wasn't himself. I thought he was teething.
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Katrina H’s story
Kim’s baby daughter Katrina developed a high temperature with cold feet and hands and a high pitched scream. She wouldn’t take her bottle and was very agitated. She was rushed to hospital where meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia were diagnosed. Fortunately Katrina went on to make a good recovery. Kim, from Wickford in Essex, tells their story here
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Dave H’s story
The therapeutic nature of exercise and fitness has helped science teacher Dave, 38, from Liverpool, get back on track after meningitis laid him low two years ago, leading him to think he’d been kidnapped. So much so that now he’s taking on a professional wrestler in a bout to raise funds for us. He tells his story here
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Eliza Y’s story
Little Eliza was given the okay to fly out on a family holiday but when she arrived on Gozo her condition rapidly deteriorated. She was taken to the nearest hospital from where she was airlifted to the main children’s hospital in Malta. Thankfully the battling youngster has fought through every challenge she’s faced to make an amazing recovery. Mum Amy, from Rishton in Lancashire, tells their story here
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Rosie S’s story
Teresa’s daughter Rosie contracted viral meningitis nearly two years ago and until a few weeks ago was still suffering chronic after-effects. But a course of cranial osteopathy arranged by Meningitis Now has given Rosie her mojo back, in time for her forthcoming wedding to Gary. Teresa, from West Sussex, recounts their experience here
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Oscar and Kate's story
"When my son Oscar was about 3 hours old he had started grunting. The Midwifery Care Assistant had come to check on us both to see if he was feeding and I told her he was laughing. She immediately took him from me and pressed the emergency button.
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Laura C's meningitis story
"I had terrible flu over the Christmas period but had to drag myself into work as I had a Christmas shift and didn't want to let anyone down.
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Theo G’s story
Little Theo didn't want to feed, was unsettled and had a rapidly rising temperature. But when he vomited and it was bright orange mum Catherine, from Usk in Monmouthshire, knew something was very wrong. Theo had contracted bacterial meningitis. Catherine tells their story here
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Lucas M’s story
Nickie’s young son Lucas, from Normanton in West Yorkshire, contracted meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia when he was just 1 in 2011. As Lucas has grown older, after-effects that were not immediately obvious have become more pronounced, as Nickie explains