Meningitis stories
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Lauren and George's story
Lauren thought that George had picked up a cold, but his condition deteriorated rapidly overnight and he was rushed into High Dependency -
Casey's story
Nicola had an instinct that her baby daughter Casey was seriously ill, despite her only symptom being a high temperature. Casey was rushed to hospital where bacterial meningitis was diagnosed. -
Af's story
On the tenth anniversary of the loss of husband Af to pneumococcal meningitis, Caroline shares her heartbreaking story -
Joshua C's story
Joshua contracted bacterial meningitis at just four weeks old. His parents tell his story. -
Nicola J’s story
Nicola was pregnant when she became ill. She had a high fever, an aversion to lights, vomiting, a headache, stiff neck and achy limbs – all symptoms of meningitis. -
Patrick J's story
Amanda thought son Patrick had chicken pox after having his childhood vaccinations, but as his condition worsened he was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia -
Phoebe P's story
Phoebe contracted bacterial meningitis at just three years old; luckily mum Charlotte trusted her instinct that something wasn't right -
Jonah's story
Jonah was just 8 months old when he contracted bacterial meningitis -
Rosie G's story
21-year-old Saracens and England rugby player Rosie is fighting fit after being hospitalised with meningococcal septicaemia back in September -
Courtney's story
Sixteen-year-old Courtney is slowly recovering, 11 months after being hospitalised with meningococcal septicaemia -
Gary's story
Isabel recounts the tragic story of how she lost her father, Gary, to bacterial meningitis -
Shaun's story
Shaun had a cold over Christmas, which was later found to be pneumococcal meningitis. He sadly passed away a few days later. His family wants people to know that #AdultsGetItToo -
Sharon's story
Sharon contracted viral meningitis in 2018. Here she talks about her experience and her road to recovery after meningitis -
Sahib's story
Sahib's mother knew something wasn't right with her 11 month old son. She took him to the hospital where meningococcal MenC meningitis was diagnosed -
Katie-Louise's story
Roisin never thought for a second that she would have to make the heart-breaking decision to turn off her daughter's life support after she contracted Group B strep -
Stacy M’s story
After Stacy's 40th birthday she started to feel unwell. The next day she was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. -
Alfie B's story
Alfie has made a good recovery after being diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis, but the speed at which he became unwell was dramatic, as mum Stephanie recounts -
Holly D’s story
When Holly became unwell, mum Rachel recognised some of the signs and symptoms from when she had had bacterial meningitis before -
Matthew Griffin's story
Student Matthew started feeling unwell at work, and it wasn't long before he collapsed, ending up on life support in hospital -
Alfie K's story
Alfie was just six weeks old when he contracted deadly MenB. Mum Shannon tells their story