News & Stories
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Abbie’s story
An unusual cry alerted Gillian Marshall that something was not quite right with her 13-day-old baby girl
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Bella R’s story
Bella had been suffering cold like symptoms but on the 28 December her condition deteriorated as she began vomiting, developing a fever and rapid breathing
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Michaela H’s story
In June 2015, 19-year-old Michaela set off for what she thought would be the summer of a lifetime, working on the little island of Zakynthos (Zante) in Greece
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Georgia S’s story
At first, Lauren thought her eight-year-old daughter Georgia, from Livingston in West Lothian, was coming down with conjunctivitis
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Matthew L’s story
Trembling, a temperature, cold hands and feet and vomiting first alerted Gemma Lessells, of Fife, that there was something very wrong with her little boy, Matthew
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Matilda H’s story
One month before her first birthday Matilda had a high temperature, was off her food and seemed out of character
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Isla R’s story
It took three visits to hospital before 19-month-old Isla was diagnosed with meningococcal group B meningitis and septicaemia
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Eve A's story
Heartbroken mum, Lora Allonby, of Cumbria, lost her baby daughter to meningococcal group B meningitis and septicaemia when she was just five days old
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Mia H's story
A rash was one of the last signs that eight-year-old Mia had contracted meningococcal group B meningitis and encephalitis in January last year
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Lise's Story
Lise, originally from Bexhill-on-Sea but now living in France, found our website a lifeline as she struggled to come to terms with meningitis and its aftermath
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Stanley's story
A high temperature, lethargy and a grumpy mood alerted mum, Kathleen Burn, of Northumberland, that there was something wrong with her little boy, Stanley
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Lisa J's story
Lisa Johnson, 42, first contracted meningitis in 2004, and as well as suffering from its after-effects, the disease has re-occurred three more times