Meningitis stories

Frank had contracted Group B Strep meningitis. He responded well to treatment but the disease has left him with after-effects

Pippa struggled to feed and her breathing became increasingly noisy, sadly, she had contracted group b strep meningitis

Linda’s son Jackson became ill just a fortnight after birth with late onset Strep B meningitis. Fortunately the youngster has bounced back strongly, and at his recent six month check has reached all his milestones to become a happy, healthy and smiley bab

Leanne knew her newborn baby daughter Ava was not right, but doctor after doctor didn’t listen to her maternal instinct or connect Ava’s high-pitched screams and high temperatures with her mother’s Strep B during pregnancy

Balloons were released to bid a final farewell to 4-year-old Lillia, who had been battling a catalogue of health problems since she fell ill with meningitis as a baby

Freya’s life changed forever when she contracted GBS meningitis and septicaemia in 2005, after spending weeks in hospital critically ill with the disease, Freya now suffers a series of after-effects including blindness and cerebral palsy

An unusual cry alerted Gillian Marshall that something was not quite right with her 13-day-old baby girl

Donna’s daughter Isabella didn’t have the easiest start in life, contracting Group B Strep

Alison and Simon’s son John, from Sheffield, became limp, floppy and unresponsive in November 2015. He was rushed straight to hospital where he was diagnosed with Group B strep.

Muriel’s baby son Angus, from Dunfermline in Fife, developed a horrible cry and wouldn’t settle. He had developed Group B Strep and was put on a cocktail of antibiotics. Muriel recounts their experience.

Little Mia, from Louth in Lincolnshire, was just three-weeks-old when she came down with Strep B meningitis

Eva contracted meningitis on the 24 January 2015 when she was 22 days old, and sadly passed away six days later on 31 January 2015.

It was just an ordinary November day with a four-week-old baby for Lily and her mother Billie, but all that was to change dramatically and very quickly when Lily was rushed to hospital with an unusual cry and a burning temperature.

Lucie Dunbar was overjoyed when she gave birth to daughter Ella. But her little one fell ill with Group B streptococcal meningitis shortly after coming home. Here Lucie tells Ella's story

In September 2012, Sarah and John's son, Noah, fell ill. Crying, vomiting and running a temperature, Sarah’s parental instincts told her something was seriously wrong with her baby. It took multiple hospital visits before doctors finally diagnosed Noah.

Amanda Gray, of Nuneaton, saw her daughter Lucy contract Group B Streptococcal meningitis at just 10 days old in April 2014