News & Stories
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Stories
Ben P's story
Mother and nurse, Leah Pope, knew there was a problem when newborn son Ben was suffering from an unusually high temperature, on 2 September 2013 he was diagnosed with E.coli meningitis. She recalls their story here
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Emma G's story
Emma, 35, from Luton was returning from a family break in Blackpool when she began to feel ill. Initially flu was suspected, but as a rash developed Emma realised she needed to get to hospital
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Ollie's story
When Michelle, from Newry in Northern Ireland, discovered a rash on her baby Ollie’s tummy in mid-March he was whisked straight to hospital
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Ralph's story
Danielle’s son Ralph, now 7-months-old, from Winchester, was a very happy, smiley, content baby, until one evening he started to feel hot to the touch
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Madison's story
Madison Coates fell ill with viral meningitis less than a year after launching her own business. The 25-year-old from Hemel Hempstead, who supported our Viral Meningitis Week this year, tells her story here
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Vincent's story
Vincent’s story begins in June 2013 when he was just four months old. His mother, Gemma Muckle, recalls the moment her son was diagnosed with bacterial meningococcal septicaemia
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Harry B's story
When five week old Harry wouldn’t wake for his feed, concerned mother, Helen Burnett, took him to A&E to get him checked over
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Sophie M’s story
Sophie, from Aberdeen, was a normal, fit and healthy 22-year-old. It was a day no different to any other, but little did Sophie know when she woke up that day that things would never be the same again.
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George E's Story
Twenty-four hours after giving birth to a beautiful baby boy, Ruth Edwards, 28, noticed that her perfect little package had a bit of a temperature
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Ella C's story
Peterborough mum, Emily Cairns’ life got turned upside-down when 13-month-old Ella’s flu like symptoms took a turn for the worse and she was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia
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Caitriona’s story
Patricia Connolly, of Glenavy in Northern Ireland, saw viral meningitis take the life of her 20-year-old daughter Caitriona 10 years ago
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Emily's story
Sixteen-year-old Emily, from Exmouth in Devon, contracted a severe case of viral meningitis in February 2014