Meningitis stories

Trevor’s was only four when he sadly died having contracted meningitis. Twenty-three years on his family continue to celebrate Trevor’s life.

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 contracted meningitis in 2018 whilst living and working in India, he recounts his story here

Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own story

Leo contracted group b strep meningitis as a baby, his mother, Rachel, tells the 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

When Nicole’s young daughter Ava's temperature soured to over 39 degress, she knew that something was wrong, so she took immediate action

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.

Helen had viral meningitis and was in hospital for two weeks, it has left her to this day with after-effects

Annette lost her 17-year-old son Daniel to meningococcal septicaemia in February 2016 and life will never be the same again

Jonathan contracted meningococcal septicaemia in May 1994, he was left with significant and long lasting after-effects from the disease

At four-weeks-old Amelia became unwell, after treatment and extensiove tests it was confirme that she had contracted E-coli meningitis

Jake contracted pneumococcal meningitis in 2022 which left him with profound deafness in both ears requiring cochlear implants

Ten years ago Jasmine contracted meningitis. To mark the anniversary, she’s braving the shave for Meningitis Now

Rebecca was nearly 5 when she fell ill in 1987, Fortunately, her mum remembered seeing one of our awareness posters at the local GP surgery, which made her question an incorrect diagnosis and helped save Rebecca’s life

Oli had contracted pneumococcal meningitis and his parents together were faced with taking the agonising decision to turn off his life support.

Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis

Diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia as a baby, Leo has been left with learning difficulties, and still faces further operations on his legs 17 years later

Ben was a drama student when he became ill with what he thought was the start of a nasty cold. He quickly deteriorated, and woke up in hospital with a diagnosis of bacterial meningococcal meningitis

Coby had symptoms of what appeared to be a slight cold; but he quickly deteriorated and died of meningococcal meningitis the following day