'I Did Not Realise How Dangerously Sick George Was' ; Behind the Headlines Mail Reporter Harriet Jones Is Urging Parents to Be On Their Guard Against Meningitis After Her Own Son, George, Showed Symptoms of the Virus. Here, She Tells Her Story.

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WHEN my two-year-old son George suddenly fell ill late on the evening of Thursday, June 11, I did not realise how dangerously sick he was.

George was freezing cold to the touch and I held him to try to warm him up.

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'I Did Not Realise How Dangerously Sick George Was' ; Behind the Headlines Mail Reporter Harriet Jones Is Urging Parents to Be On Their Guard Against Meningitis After Her Own Son, George, Showed Symptoms of the Virus. Here, She Tells Her Story.

His breathing was rasping, uneven and worrying. I decided it was time to check for a rash. When George screamed at me to turn the light out, the test took on a new sense of importance, as I knew a child...

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