News & Stories
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Millie’s story
Millie, from New Mills in Derbyshire’s High Peak, was a perfectly well and healthy 10 month old baby the day before she became poorly. She went to bed as normal but woke that night at 4am screaming. Mother Sophie takes up the story
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Ellie Mae’s story
It was just three days before Ellie Mae’s first birthday when her mother, Kelly, noticed a small purple bruise on her forehead. Within minutes the family, from Stoke on Trent, found themselves in hospital. Kelly takes up the story
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Phoebe's story
Six-week-old Phoebe was running a temperature and wouldn’t wake for feeds. Her local GP realised something wasn’t right and arranged for her to go straight to hospital
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Jean-Paul’s story
In January last year Jean-Paul, 20, of Carmarthenshire, started feeling ill with a blinding headache, this developed into an aversion to bright lights, followed by vomiting and seizures
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Victoria’s story
Victoria, from Hartlepool, was 16 when she contracted viral meningitis in December 2009
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Harmonie-Rose's story
Little Harmonie-Rose, from Bath, has captured the heart of everyone she meets as she battles back from meningitis. Her parents, Freya and Ross, tell her story
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Harriet's story
Eighteen-year-old student Harriet had been feeling ill for a while but when she collapsed whilst going for a drink of water it was time to call an ambulance
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Grace's story
Grace, seven, became ill after an exciting and busy day spending her Christmas money in the sales. She was vomiting, had a high temperature, was lethargic and had a grey complexion
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Oscar's story
Oscar was just three weeks old when he became very lethargic and unresponsive, wouldn’t feed and had an unusual cry and mottled skin. His worried mother Vicky, from Eccles in Greater Manchester, phoned her health visitor, who advised her to rush Oscar straight to hospital
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Leo's story
Leo was born six weeks early. He became ill on Christmas Eve and needed surgery for a strangulated hernia. He returned home and all seemed well but, at the end of January when he was 14-weeks-old, he was grizzly and had a high temperature. Mum Leanne, from Bargoed in Glamorgan, takes up the story
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Luka's story
It was just after New Year when three-year-old Luka became ill. It started with irritability and a high temperature but quickly progressed from there. Mum Paula, from Richmond in Yorkshire, picks up their story
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Cian's story
Nine-month-old Cían, from Craigavon in Armagh, had a high temperature, cried when he was lifted and had cold hands and feet. The out of hours doctor put the symptoms down to teething but 12 hours later mum Caitriona noticed a rash and rushed him straight to A & E. Cían had meningococcal septicaemia