Meningitis stories
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Rupert G’s story
It was a normal afternoon for Chloe, from Stroud, until her four-month-old son started screaming. A lumbar puncture later confirmed Rupert had viral meningitis -
Esther M’s story
Amelia from Norfolk tells us the chilling story of what her new-born daughter, Esther, had to go through before being diagnosed with viral meningitis at just three weeks old -
Sophie S’s story
Twelve months ago Sophie had what she thought was sunstroke. In fact, she’d contracted viral meningitis and it has been a life-changing experience for her -
Allison G’s story
Allison from Essex was a high-flying manager in the city before she was hit by viral meningitis. After many years of recovery, she has learnt what makes her happiest in life -
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 -
Tilly B’s Story
Having been told she had heatstroke, Tilly was eventually diagnosed with viral meningitis. She tells us what happened next -
Amanda D's story
Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own story -
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 -
Helen M’s story
Helen had viral meningitis and was in hospital for two weeks, it has left her to this day with after-effects -
Holly W’s story
Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis -
Charlie N’s story
Baby Charlie was irritable, unsettled and screaming when he was picked up. A series of tests later it was confirmed that Charlie had contracted viral meningitis -
Daniel D's story
Daniel was in hospital for 6 days, isolated in a room until the type of meningitis - viral - was confirmed. -
Kirsten A's story
What started for Kirsten with a severe headache and vomiting was viral meningitis, as confirmed by a lumber puncture. -
Mia H's story
Mia contracted viral meningitis at age 17. After several days of extreme aches her mother took her to hospital where she was seen immediately. -
Jenny P's story
Jenny contracted viral meningitis at age 26. Jenny had a very traumatic time undergoing nine lumber punctures in an attempt to find out whether she was suffering from bacterial or viral meningitis. -
Michael T's story
Michael contracted viral meningitis at just four-days-old. -
Jacob Y’s story
Jacob had the misfortune to be diagnosed with meningitis three times in his short life, both bacterial and viral meningitis, which he contracted twice -
Stephen McK’s story
Stephen's meningitis story began when a severe headache, lethargy, aching muscles and sensitivity to light struck in April and he knew something serious was wrong. -
Connor's story
Charlene's son Connor was showing classic signs of meningitis when doctors sent him immediately to hospital. -
Molly O’s story
Twenty-two-year-old Molly, from Bristol, thought she’d come down with a bad case of flu.