News & Stories
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Stories
Samuel's story
Anita, of Swindon, saw her worst nightmare become reality when her 18-month old son, Samuel, contracted meningitis in January this year
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Noah's story
Rachel, from Lincoln, trusted her motherly instincts when four-month-old Noah’s temperature rose overnight
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Kassius’s story
Young Kassius avoided the flu that affected his family, but little did any of them guess he was about to be hit with something even worse
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Mollie's story
Sixteen-year-old Mollie, from Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, felt under the weather on 20 October 2015, but not too ill to go to college
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Amelie’s story
Christina’s daughter, Amelie, was suffering from tonsillitis when she first started showing signs of meningitis
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Poppy H’s story
Poppy, from Bridport in Dorset, was an easy going baby, but in May she developed a high temperature, wouldn’t feed and was crying, which later turned into a high-pitched moan – all classic symptoms of meningitis
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Joanne's story
Steve McCourt made the hardest decision of his life when wife, Joanne, 53, was put on life support after contracting bacterial meningitis on 27th January 2015
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Harry D's story
When 17 year old Shelby from Bolton, went to babysit her brother, nothing could have prepared her for the devastating events that would follow
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Bronwyn's story
30-year-old Bronwyn, from Cambridge, contracted meningococcal septicaemia in 2002 as a teenager
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Mia's story
Little Mia, from Louth in Lincolnshire, was just three-weeks-old when she came down with Strep B meningitis
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Leighton’s story
On July 30th 2013 18-month-old Leighton, from Kirkby in Liverpool, was struck down with meningitis and septicaemia
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Nathaniel's story
In October 2014, 11-year-old Nathaniel Gate, of Reading, was sent home from school with a high temperature and later began vomiting violently, his parents contacted the out of hours GP