Meningitis stories
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Jenson’s Story
Baby Jenson was born prematurely but nothing could have prepared his parents for a diagnosis of meningitis and sepsis -
Harrison F’s Story
Lulu, from London, tells us how inspiring she finds her little boy Harrison, who contracted pneumococcal meningitis at five months old -
Simon L-S's Story
Simon was on holiday with his husband when an earache turned into an ambulance trip to hospital and being put into an induced coma. -
Freya's story
Freya was waiting excitedly for her school disco when she started to feel poorly and had to be rushed to hospital with signs of meningitis -
Isobel C’s Story
At just two wweks old, Isobel contracted meningitis and sepsis. 94% of her body was infected -
Harry H’s Story
Mother’s Day took an unexpected turn for Jessica, from Fareham, and her new-born son when he developed a fever which turned out to be viral meningitis -
Lizzie's story
Lizzie’s first year of life was disrupted by a meningitis diagnosis. She is now a thriving 33-year-old who has recently run the Hackney Half marathon for Meningitis Now. -
Tilly B’s Story
Having been told she had heatstroke, Tilly was eventually diagnosed with viral meningitis. She tells us what happened next -
Amanda Jane S’s story
Jess and Becca lost their mum Amanda on 7 April 2018. This Mothers’ Day they’ve left a dedication to remember their mum -
Janice R’s Story
Janice can’t remember much of her quick decline into severe illness before an eventual meningitis diagnosis -
Diana Man’s story
Diana contracted meningococcal meningitis in her mid 20s, leading to lower leg amputations of both legs and all the fingers on her right hand -
Noa-Rose’s Story
Three-year-old Noa-Rose contracted group B meningococcal meningitis and her mum is now calling for parents to be aware of the signs and symptoms -
Trevor F’s Story
Trevor’s was only four when he sadly died having contracted meningitis. Twenty-three years on his family continue to celebrate Trevor’s life. -
Kirstin's story
Kirsten was with her friend Alice throughout her meningitis experience in hospital and afterwards, we are grateful for the opportunity for Kirstin to tell Alice's story from her perspective -
Jon E’s Story
Jon contracted meningitis in 2018 whilst living and working in India, he recounts his story here -
Amanda D's story
Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own story -
Leo W’s Story
Leo contracted group b strep meningitis as a baby, his mother, Rachel, tells the story -
Bella M's story
John very sadly lost Bella but he has kindly shared his story with the hope of raising awareness of meningitis and the possible outcomes of contracting it -
Ava's C's story
When Nicole’s young daughter Ava's temperature soured to over 39 degress, she knew that something was wrong, so she took immediate action -
Alice's story
In the middle of the covid pandemic, 19-year-old Alice became ill and increasingly worse, fortunately the intervention of friends and family meant that an ambulance was called.