News & Stories
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Stories
Duncan's story
Wendy MacDonald, from Salisbury, was happily married to her husband Duncan for almost nine years when he started having flu-like symptoms in January 2012
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Noah S's story
In March 2013, Noah, Gareth Stephenson’s eight month old son, started to become unwell with lethargy and sickness
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Noah T's story
Noah, 7, contracted meningitis when he was just 16 months old. The disease left him fighting for his life. Thankfully, Noah won his battle, but as a cruel reminder of the pain his family had to endure, meningitis left him profoundly deaf
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Helen’s and Richard's stories
In early 2001 the lives of two sets of families in Chester took on a cruel and tragic parallel when their teenage children, who had grown up together, were both killed by meningococcal disease
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Charlotte's story
Determined Charlotte is a little miracle after meningitis almost took her young life in December 2010. Despite losing all four limbs to meningococcal septicaemia, she's facing every challenge head on and is an inspiration to her parents Jenny and Alex
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David F's story
David Fay had been suffering from flu-like symptoms before he was rushed to hospital at the end of April, 2010
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Lucy's story
Amanda Gray, of Nuneaton, saw her daughter Lucy contract Group B Streptococcal meningitis at just 10 days old in April 2014
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Anthony’s story
Anthony Metcalf, 39, from Northumberland has had the awful luck to contract meningitis not once but three times – meningococcal once and pneumococcal twice – without ever having a rash! He tells his story here
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Amar’s story
Amar, 25, from Luton, felt really cold and shaking and had a high temperature and sharp, painful headaches. He visited his local walk in centre, but then had to go straight to hospital, where he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
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Elise's Story
Thirteen-month-old Elise was suffering from sickness, fever and lethargy in March 2014 before pneumococcal meningitis was diagnosed. But her story has a happy ending and mum Helen, of Cheltenham, wanted to share it, to give others hope
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Mason's story
On Christmas Day 2011, one-year-old Mason should have been opening his presents with his family. Instead, Mason’s mum, Lauren, woke to find her son so ill that he had to be taken to hospital
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Charlie's story
Baby Charlie had an unknown form of meningitis, but out of this traumatic experience his mum, Tina Carter from Norfolk, has sewn together a precious business opportunity. Here Tina recounts her and Charlie’s story