MRF Member, Sue Burke, then provided a moving account of the illness of her son Cieran and her family's struggle to deal with the consequences of the disease. Cieran contracted meningococcal meningitis when he was just nine months old and has a range of neurological after effects, including deafness.
2. 22 ndApril 2004 Cieran and Connor were born at 17:13 and 17:14 Weighing a healthy 7lb 3oz and 6lb 3/4oz After a fairly uneventful twin pregnancy of 38 weeks and 1 day
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4. 10 am Attended GP’s Surgery and asked could this be meningitis as I’d seen this Before
5. Told to give CALPOL , this was nothing more than a virus...
6. 14:30 Visited another GP without Cieran for my own routine appointment and was told to give juice crisps and nurofen.