Six weeks into my first term at Manchester University, I started to feel unwell and was suffering an excruciating pain in my left arm. This prompted my friends to take me to A&E where I was sent home with a pot of painkillers. I returned to my university halls and went to bed.

A friend discovered me the next morning, delirious and covered in the meningococcal rash. Once in hospital I developed septicemia and was put into a coma, spending four weeks in intensive care and a total of three months in hospital. This was an extremely distressing time for my family but the support received from those around us was overwhelming.

I returned to University the following year and am about to graduate. 

The money raised from this page will go towards helping those who were not as lucky as me.

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