Aila's fight with Septicaemia
This is a link to the story of my baby daughters fight with Septicaemia - please read and share this link, if her story can help save a single babies life it's worth sharing
http://www.meningitis.org/book-of-experience/aila-hazel-beattie-41744
http://www.meningitis.org/book-of-experience/aila-hazel-beattie-41744
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Such a scary disease so glad your little woman is a wee toughie and pulled through xx
She is so beautiful x x
Thank you for sharing your story - it's made me more aware of the signs and possible complications of such a nasty illness.
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With both my experiences and having read other stories its clear that midiagnosis plays a huge part in many Meningitis / Septicaemia stories.
Moonbean I'm glad your friends brother and sister had someone who recognised the symptoms and acted quickly speed is very much of the essence when it comes to these ilnesses. My friend who I mentioned in the story was pronounced brain dead less than 24 hours after being diagnosed with tonsilitis by her GP.
I'm glad that this has helped people become more aware - instinct plays abig part but alot of Dr's think paretns are being overprotective, that was how I was made to feel.
Poppygirl I've not discussed Aila's care - I have asked for an appointment with my consultant to discuss what happened and am hoping to ask about Aila's treatment then.
I appreciate my beautiful children even more because of what they've been through.
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Despite having knowledge of Meningitis and Septicaemia I wasn't aware of Group B Strep until a friend had swabs taken after a bleed at 37 weeks and tested positive for Group B Strep. I did alot of reading at that point and even got one of the testing kits. I decided not to have it done as after all the worrying I did during my pregnancy (having had 2 previous miscarriages) I didn't want to give myself something else to panic about.
I am due an appointment with my consultant to discuss what happened and also my options for next pregnancy and birth. We briefly discussed it whilst me and Aila were still in hospital but I didn't really take much in.
These illnesses seem to be like Miscarriage - you don't realise how common they are until you experience it and people start sharing their own experiences too. No-one really wants to talk about it but I think its massively important to do so or babies lives can be at risk.