News & Stories
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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
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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.