News & Stories
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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
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Addison's story
A year ago three-week-old Addison became very poorly, he had a temperature and a rash, he was rushed to hospital
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Mariah's story
Community Ambassador Jodie lost her daughter Mariah from meningococcal meningitis when she was just 13 months old
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Matthew G's story
When twenty-year-old University of Nottingham fresher Matthew, an international student from the Bahamas, woke up shivering in November, he assumed it was just the cold. But when he passed out he knew there was something more serious wrong. In fact, the keen runner had contracted Meningitis B
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Corrine's story
Jackie Hill's day started like any other but when her daughter Corrine fell ill she had no idea how it would affect her, Corrine's sister Jodee and the rest of the family
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Matthew’s story
Matthew, from Cornwall, was just five and a half months old when he came down with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia in April 2007. He was left with a range of after-effects, including sensory disorder