Kieron and Keeley
Keeley Pearl is raising money for Meningitis Now
Story
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5 years ago everything changed.
Poppy our daughter had just become a big a sister and she was over the moon with her little brother Noah X
All she ever wanted was a little brother and he had arrived safely.
November 2010 came and it was cold wet and miserable. Noah was 5 weeks old and cried a lot!
The normal evening routine began and both the children had been tucked up in bed.
The next morning Poppy woke up and complained that she felt unwell. I remember she was sick which wasn't like her, but I thought she must just have a winter bug.
We made her a bed on the sofa and she stayed there for the rest of the day. She was frequently being sick and every time she drank she was sick. We kept a close eyebon her whilst trying to calm a 5 week old baby.
That evening Poppy said that she needed the toilet but didn't have the strength to move. Kieron carried her to the toilet and her whole body became limp. I saw a purple rash appearing on Poppy's neck.
Everything was happening so fast I was so scared. I phoned the ambulance and the Paramedics arrived.
The first thing they asked me was to fetch a glass. I knew why they had asked, yet I couldn't accept it.
The paramedics worked so fast. They injected her with antibiotics made her stable. I couldn't believe what was happening. This stuff doesn't happen to me, this stuff happens in magazines!!
I grabbed Noah and anything I could and we all got in the back of the ambulance. Kieron followed in the car. I was numb. I just cried.
Once at the hospital everything got worse. We tried to phone family but we couldn't get through. The hospital was in complete shock at Poppy's situation they was looking through books! I was starting to lose all faith. She was wired up to machines and had medication being pumped into her little body.
This was the first time someone it.
"Prepare yourself, Your daughter is very ill and she might not be coming home. She has meningococcal septicaemia"
I couldn't believe what I had just heard. I had a baby in my arms. All poppy ever wanted was a little brother and now she was fighting for her life at the age of 5.
Our world fell apart. We spoke to her and said she could have anything she wanted all she needed to do was get better. Poppy asked if she could have a McDonalds. We made the promise xxx
She was taken the theatre and a central line was put in. From that moment everything slowed downed in fact I think it stopped. Poppy had been placed in a coma, this was to give her body the best chance of fighting the infection. The rash got a lot worse and started to take over her fingers and legs. We waited for another ambulance to arrive to take us to the QMC. Once there we spent 4 days in paediatric intensive care with the most amazing people. The nurses are the most amazing people. They helped us wash poppy, they cared for her. They helped us but most of all they saved her life.
Poppy was very ill. I remember counting the alarms that use to go off and listening to the machines and the breathing. Kieron and I stayed there by her bed just waiting for her. Noah had to stay with my sister who would drive him in everyday so I could feed him and spend s few hours with him.
It was a couple of days before I was 30 and I was sat watching our beautiful girl fight. All I wanted to do was to swap places with her. I just wanted to fix her. As a mummy that's what we do. We heal our children. We make everything better. It was hard as I knew I couldn't, I couldn't help her.
Poppy made amazing progress and fought hard. We woke up in the hospital 2 days before my birthday and the nurses decided it was time to wake Poppy up and remove her breathing tubes. We was then prepared for the possibility of brain damage. It seemed this was never going to end!
Poppy woke up and couldn't talk. She just babbled. I was so happy she was still here but so scared what this disease had done to her. After a few minutes she started to make sense a little more, then she asked for a drink and then she said the best sentence she ever. She said.
"Can I still have my McDonalds".
I couldn't believe it. After everything she had been through after the massive trauma her body had been through and she had remembered about the promise. From that moment we knew we was still a 4 xxxx
Poppy has made a full recovery and only has very slight scaring on her upper thigh. These are her medals.
A year after this I contracted Meningitis but that is another story!!
Today we live life to the full. We enjoy every minute we have as a family but most of all we just appreciate everything we have.
Our story has a very happy ending but other don't. That's why we are doing this and that's why we are asking you to support us.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
5 years ago everything changed.
Poppy our daughter had just become a big a sister and she was over the moon with her little brother Noah X
All she ever wanted was a little brother and he had arrived safely.
November 2010 came and it was cold wet and miserable. Noah was 5 weeks old and cried a lot!
The normal evening routine began and both the children had been tucked up in bed.
The next morning Poppy woke up and complained that she felt unwell. I remember she was sick which wasn't like her, but I thought she must just have a winter bug.
We made her a bed on the sofa and she stayed there for the rest of the day. She was frequently being sick and every time she drank she was sick. We kept a close eyebon her whilst trying to calm a 5 week old baby.
That evening Poppy said that she needed the toilet but didn't have the strength to move. Kieron carried her to the toilet and her whole body became limp. I saw a purple rash appearing on Poppy's neck.
Everything was happening so fast I was so scared. I phoned the ambulance and the Paramedics arrived.
The first thing they asked me was to fetch a glass. I knew why they had asked, yet I couldn't accept it.
The paramedics worked so fast. They injected her with antibiotics made her stable. I couldn't believe what was happening. This stuff doesn't happen to me, this stuff happens in magazines!!
I grabbed Noah and anything I could and we all got in the back of the ambulance. Kieron followed in the car. I was numb. I just cried.
Once at the hospital everything got worse. We tried to phone family but we couldn't get through. The hospital was in complete shock at Poppy's situation they was looking through books! I was starting to lose all faith. She was wired up to machines and had medication being pumped into her little body.
This was the first time someone it.
"Prepare yourself, Your daughter is very ill and she might not be coming home. She has meningococcal septicaemia"
I couldn't believe what I had just heard. I had a baby in my arms. All poppy ever wanted was a little brother and now she was fighting for her life at the age of 5.
Our world fell apart. We spoke to her and said she could have anything she wanted all she needed to do was get better. Poppy asked if she could have a McDonalds. We made the promise xxx
She was taken the theatre and a central line was put in. From that moment everything slowed downed in fact I think it stopped. Poppy had been placed in a coma, this was to give her body the best chance of fighting the infection. The rash got a lot worse and started to take over her fingers and legs. We waited for another ambulance to arrive to take us to the QMC. Once there we spent 4 days in paediatric intensive care with the most amazing people. The nurses are the most amazing people. They helped us wash poppy, they cared for her. They helped us but most of all they saved her life.
Poppy was very ill. I remember counting the alarms that use to go off and listening to the machines and the breathing. Kieron and I stayed there by her bed just waiting for her. Noah had to stay with my sister who would drive him in everyday so I could feed him and spend s few hours with him.
It was a couple of days before I was 30 and I was sat watching our beautiful girl fight. All I wanted to do was to swap places with her. I just wanted to fix her. As a mummy that's what we do. We heal our children. We make everything better. It was hard as I knew I couldn't, I couldn't help her.
Poppy made amazing progress and fought hard. We woke up in the hospital 2 days before my birthday and the nurses decided it was time to wake Poppy up and remove her breathing tubes. We was then prepared for the possibility of brain damage. It seemed this was never going to end!
Poppy woke up and couldn't talk. She just babbled. I was so happy she was still here but so scared what this disease had done to her. After a few minutes she started to make sense a little more, then she asked for a drink and then she said the best sentence she ever. She said.
"Can I still have my McDonalds".
I couldn't believe it. After everything she had been through after the massive trauma her body had been through and she had remembered about the promise. From that moment we knew we was still a 4 xxxx
Poppy has made a full recovery and only has very slight scaring on her upper thigh. These are her medals.
A year after this I contracted Meningitis but that is another story!!
Today we live life to the full. We enjoy every minute we have as a family but most of all we just appreciate everything we have.
Our story has a very happy ending but other don't. That's why we are doing this and that's why we are asking you to support us.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.