Meningitis Research Foundation

Read the press release at http://www.meningitis.org/news-media/meningitis-research-33415

Glad you enjoyed it, we're hoping to have the photos online tomorrow

photos are now up

Thanks for your support if you have a justgiving page feel free to post the link here to try and get some extra support

Hope your sons are recovering OK, our website www.meningitis.org and 24 hour helpline 080 8800 3344 (UK) / 1800 41 33 44 (RoI) are both there if you have any questions

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that, and fingers crossed, they both seem to be doing very well, I think we've been exceedingly lucky.

Sorry I will post it on your wall. x

My name is Liz and I have been a Carer/Mother for my Daughter Charlotte since she contracted Pneumococcal Meningitis at the age of 13 months old.
Because of the lack of urgency and doctors belief of what I was trying to tell him as well as the lack of care she received on her first admission to Hospital she did not make a full recovery, so just over 2 weeks later and many many calls to my GP as well as the hospital she was readmitted with Septicemia, Gangrene and a recurrence of the same strain of meningitis. After a lot of hospital messing around and being told that she was going to die she was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. We was originally told that she would have to have complete limb amputation but thankfully because of a very specialist Dr intervention and 5 days of plasma exchange she started to recover. She had been through near organ failure and terrible pain, lost finger tips and toes but she survived.

Charlotte's Journey has been long and looking back at all the things she has been through since her recovery is hard. The hearing loss alone has been a challenge because emotions at times have been hard to endure. There has been times that I have found it hard to cope.
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Three years after the Meningitis we found out that her bone growth had been affected and she endured yet more surgery and terrible pain, that has lasted right up to present day.
I am currently studying the Higher Diploma in counselling as well as just passed the Advanced Certificate in counselling at Bridgwater College in Somerset. UK

Charlotte has found it hard to stay in education due to other related illnesses including continued depression but hopes to try very hard this Sept 09' to go back to college and start a course in Creative and Media. She tried so hard last year but was diagnosed with Glandular Fever for the third time since she was 10 years old.
Liz and Charlotte.
Also Charlotte has been finally diagnosed with CFS/ME.

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