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Baby almost died as she was struck down with meningitis and sepsis on dream...
A TRAUMATISED mum has told of her holiday from hell after her baby girl nearly died from meningitis during a dream trip to Thailand.Elisha Robinson, 24, touched down in sunny Phuket in October last...
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We thought our daughter had flu… 36 hours later she died of meningitis
A HEARTBROKEN dad has spoken of the moment his beloved daughter suddenly passed away after catching meningitis.Sara Stelzer, 18, had just started studying at university when she started complaining of...
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Meningitis doesn’t just kill babies… I lost my legs to it at 51 after...
WHEN mum-of-one Sarah Hayward started feeling “strange” after a night out with her pals, she wondered if she’d had her drink spiked.But within 24 hours, she was being rushed to hospital in a...
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Sepsis is bigger threat than meningitis, parents warned, as cases soar – the...
SEPSIS is more rife and as deadly as meningitis, parents are being warned – as cases in youngsters soar.Hospital admissions in England for the killer condition have more than doubled in three years,...
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My baby girl was killed by a cough – I screamed in horror as doctors tried to...
SCREAMING in horror, mum Charlotte Cooper watched as her worst nightmare played out in front of her.Her tiny baby girl was lying lifeless as doctors desperately tried to save her.Mum Charlotte Cooper...
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My baby is brain damaged from meningitis – all because NHS won’t test...
A MUM has been left devastated after her baby was left brain-damaged from meningitis – all because the NHS won’t test for a common bug.Bethany Ford, 23, tested positive for group B strep when she went...
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My toes turned black and were amputated after a ’bout of flu’ turned out to...
A MUM had her toes amputated as they turned black – after mistaking the signs of deadly sepsis for a bout of ‘flu’.Ruth Kent, 53, started shivering and aching for a few days last November but brushed...
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Doctors save newborn baby’s life by dunking her head in bucket of ice cold...
DOCTORS saved a new-born baby whose heart rate had risen dangerously by dunking her head in a bucket of ice cold water.They took the drastic action to try to shock 12-day-old Holly Hutchinson’s heart...
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From meningitis to freshers flu – 9 things every student needs to know ahead...
THE first week of uni is supposed to be about having fun, making new friends and, of course, getting a bit boozy (sorry mum and dad).So the last thing you need is to get sick, putting a dampener on...
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My baby nearly died of measles and sepsis – because parents aren’t giving...
A MUM has warned all parents to vaccinate their kids after her son spent his first birthday in hospital.As little Levi Dale turned one he was fighting for his life having been diagnosed with measles,...
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Dance teacher, 26, dies suddenly just one day after falling ill with meningitis
A YOUNG dance teacher died of meningitis just hours after falling ill.Kelsey Davidson, 26, passed away last Thursday after contracting the deadly disease just a day earlier.Kelsey died of meningitis...
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My baby girl nearly died of meningitis but never developed tell-tale rash
THEY say a mother’s instinct is always right – and it’s something Sophie Whieldon is telling others.Her six-month-old daughter Niamh Redfern nearly died from meningitis which she says was twice missed...
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My ‘worst meningitis ever’ baby was robbed of her limbs but I refused to let...
VIKKI Mitchell’s heart swelled with pride as she looked away from the kitchen sink and saw her youngest daughter take her first, unsteady steps towards her. Yet the milestone moment was bittersweet –...
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Tot who lost both legs and all his fingers to meningitis swaps wheelchair for...
LEARNING to skateboard for the first time is normally a massive moment for any four-year-old.But for little Taylor Lewis, reaching such a pinnacle was even more special – because he has had both of his...
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‘Gorgeous girl’, 21, went to bed with a ‘groggy’ headache before mum found...
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman who went to bed feeling “groggy” with a headache died in her mum’s arms the next morning.Jessica Cain, 21, from Gateshead, contracted meningitis and septicaemia and died in...
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University student dies suddenly from suspected meningitis
A STUDENT at Bath Spa University has died after contracting suspected meningitis, it has emerged.The third year business and management student was rushed to hospital at the weekend and passed away...
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My boyfriend went to bed with a ‘cold’ but I woke up to his lifeless body
WHEN John Webster began sneezing and coughing, he thought he was coming down with a cold.Plagued by a nasty headache the 34-year-old went to bed.John Webster began sneezing and coughing and suffering a...
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Two teen boys become the first ever to get meningitis from chickenpox vaccine
TWO teenagers have contracted meningitis after having the chickenpox vaccine in a rare case, it has emerged.The 14-year-old boys, who have not been named, had received the recommended two doses of the...
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My boy died of meningitis hours after docs said he was ‘milking it’– I wish...
WHEN Georgie Hall’s son fell ill – she knew something was seriously wrong.Ollie, six, had always been a happy, playful little boy – but he’d suddenly become withdrawn and a rash had started to spread...
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Mum begged hospital not to discharge baby – hours later he died of meningitis
A GRIEVING mum begged hospital staff not to discharge her baby – just hours before he died of meningitis and sepsis, an inquest heard.Muna Aburizeq called an ambulance after three-month-old Mohammed...
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