I've just been reading a thread where a posters dd has meningitis and there's a few posters ( myself included) whose children have had meningitis.
I have found since ds was ill that people aren't aware of the symptoms or just expect a rash . I think it would be useful to make more people aware of what to look for and learn more about the http://www.meningitis-trust.org/about-us/campaigns/beat-it-now/sign-our-beat-it-now-petition/ meningitis B campaign