News & Stories
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Stories
Jackie D's story
Kayleigh Duncan, 23, of Essex, was celebrating the birth of her baby sister, Rihanna, a time which should have bought joy and celebration to all her family
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Louie J's story
Brave mum, Kirrily Jones, 24 of Chesterfield, saw her worst nightmare become a reality when her baby boy, Louie, contracted meningitis B and septicaemia in July this year
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Harrison's story
Baby Harrison Whiteman was just four days old when he contracted a life-threatening illness, spending the first three weeks of his life in intensive care
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Elizabeth’s story
Nurse Elizabeth had what she thought was a bad migraine. But the 21-year-old had contracted meningitis and was found dead in the nurse’s home five days later. Father Mike tells her sad story
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Lacey-Mae's story
When Katie Schmidt, 26, Bognor Regis, was told her daughter had contracted group B strep (GBS) meningitis in May she was heartbroken
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Emily S's story
19-year-old Teaching Assistant, Emily Styles, had her whole life ahead of her when she was suddenly struck down with meningococcal meningitis on New Year’s Eve 2013
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Charlotte S's story
Charlotte Stuart, 20 of Tunbridge Wells, was 19 and studying Architecture at the University of Cambridge when she was diagnosed with meningococcal group W (MenW)
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Jemma's story
Jemma, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, was a 19-year-old student building her future when she was laid low by the menY strain of meningitis
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Danni's story
Tanya Buin, 21 of Manchester, found it hard to cope when she heard the shocking news that her baby sister, Danni, had contracted meningococcal septicaemia in April 2008
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Vicky's story
Vicky Ross, 32 of Renfrewshire, suffered many symptoms, including a high temperature, extreme dehydration, aching muscles and extreme fatigue, when she contracted viral meningitis in November 2014
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Shaney's story
Shaney Gardner, of Canvey Island, Essex, was 20 in October 2014 when she developed an extremely painful headache and chronic sickness. She had come down with viral meningitis
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Sophie K's story
Sophie had never been to hospital and thought she was invincible, until meningitis laid her low last December