Spencer Dayman
Aged 14 months
It was the 1st November
in the early afternoon
when my wife Gloria
called me at the office
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Callum Adamson 
Aged 10 weeks
It was 4.30 in the
morning on 30th
December 1999, when
Callum woke up
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Dylan Stott
Aged 21 months
Saturday 6th August
2005 was a day which
started like any other. 
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Georgia Keeling
Aged two years
Strep A Meningitis
Toddler Georgia's death hit
the headline in August 2009
after doctors twice mis-
diagnosed her as having
swine flu.
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Ella Funnell
Aged 18 days
GBS Meningitis
Ella's parents were devastated
when their "perfect and
contented" baby daughter died suddenly at just 18 days old, less than 24 hours after showing any signs of being ill.
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Ashley Scriven 
Aged 7 years
Ashley was a typical fun-
loving mischievous boy
who filled the hearts of
so many people with so
much love.
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Corine Rae Hill
Aged 11 years
The 2nd April 2001
started like any other
Monday morning, but
turned out to be the worst
day of my life.
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Martin Finch
Aged 14 years
We were confronted
with meningitis very
suddenly with the loss
of our 14-year-old son
Martin on the 8th December
1999.
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Lisa Richardson 
Aged 19 years
The day before Lisa
became ill we were at
the Metro Centre in
Gateshead, doing
some Christmas
shopping.
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Kevin Leaver
Aged 50 years
On the first day of the
new millennium my
husband and I walked
on Ilkley Moor.
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Sean Coughlan 
Aged 12 years
Survivor
Some people are lucky
enough to survive meningitis,
but even then the effects can
be long-lasting, for both the
patient and their family and
friends. 
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Amber Joel
Aged 10 years
Amber Joel died at the
age of 10 in 2006 after
doctors initially diagnosed
a gastric infection.
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Eliza Grime
Aged 5 years
Survivor 
Eliza Grime, now five,
brought tears to her
consultants' eyes when
she walked out of
hospital after battling
pneumococcal meningitis.
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Helen Cadden
Richard Murphy
Aged 18 & 19 years
Teenage friends Helen
Cadden and Richard Murphy
were both killed by
Meningitis in 2001
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Lyndon Longhorne
Aged 9 months
Survivor
Lyndon Longhorne lost his
legs and a hand to meningitis
but he's now an inspiration to
thousands.
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Jamie Cowey
Aged 9 months
Jamie Cowey died in 2004
from meningicoccal
septicaemia, aged just
nine months
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Jacob Brown
Aged 6 months
Jacob had just learnt
to say his first words
when he fell ill, which
his parents put down to
teething.
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Jodie Savage
Aged 16 years
Survivor
Jodie battled to stay alive
when she was six-months-old,
now she reflects on what a
frightening time it was for her
family and how lucky she is.
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Liam Elliott
Aged 16 months
Liam was the apple of his
parents' eye, a bright and
bubbly toddler with everything
to live for, a real source of
joy to his family.
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Daniel and Lewis Wood
Aged five and two
Survivors
Watching one child battle
back from meningitis was
hard enough, but the Woods
had to cope with two of their
sons being struck down just
six months apart.
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Hazel Southam
Survivor
Viral Meningitis
Journalist Hazel Southam had
recently returned from an
assignment in Jordan in April
2009 when she started to feel
ill with flu-like symptoms.
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Taylor Westley-Smith
Aged 9 months

His parents thought he had
chicken pox but their
"beautiful boy" Taylor was
battling meningitis and sadly
died within 15 hours of falling
ill.
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Paige Ritchie

Survivor
Aged 9 months
Paige's mum will never forget the moment when her baby daughter's eyes rolled as she held her in her arms, just minutes before meningitis was diagnosed.
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Jessica Morgan
Aged 2 years

Jessica was misdiagnosed
with gastroenteritis and sent
home from hospital.  She
died the next morning.  Her
mum Kelly has been trying to
raise awareness ever since.
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Liam Newman
Aged 6 years
Liam complained of a
headache, was sick and
said his little toe hurt -
symptoms his mum Claire
now knows point to
meningitis.
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Gemma Drury
Aged 17 years
Survivor
Gemma hit the headlines in
July 2009 when she almost
died from meningitis after
doctors misdiagnosed it as
swine flu.
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Rebecca Williams
Aged 33 years
Survivor
Rebecca fell ill with meningitis
when she was 21 weeks
pregnant, which doctors
initially dismissed as a
migrane.
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Emma Mackay
Aged 32 years
Survivor
Emma had been feeling under
the weather for a week but
thought nothing of it, until she
could barely stand, was
confused and started acting strangely.
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Helen Kearney
Aged 16 years
Survivor
When Helen fell desperately
ill with the brain bug two years
ago, it initially left her unable
to walk and facing a long
recovery period.
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Elliott Thornber
Aged one year
Survivor
Elliott fell ill at just seven
weeks old, when a rash
covered his body in just
four minutes. Doctors now
call him a "superstar baby".
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Ewan Cooke
Aged six days
E.coli meningitis survivor
Ewan's parents faced seven
months of uncertainty after
he fell ill with an unusual
form of meningitis.
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Rory was fighting for life in
hospital when he was also
struck down with a rare but
severe condition which causes
kidney failure.
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David Coppin
Aged 19 years
Survivor
There were cheers of joy
when student David awoke
unscathed after being in a
coma for a week having
dramatically fallen ill.
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Aaliyah Wells
Aged four years
Aaliyah's family were proud
of their little princess and how
she was overcoming being
born without a hip. But,
tragedy struck when she fell
ill with meningitis.
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Liam was a fit and healthy
footballer, who fell ill with
swine flu shortly after his 13th birthday. The virus weakened
his immune system and he
was unable to battle the
meningitis bug.
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Isabelle King
Aged 19 months
Survivor
Newspaper columnist Ray King described his family's anguish
when his granddaughter fell ill
with one of the deadliest
strains of the disease.
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