Alexis Sharpe was almost six months old when she developed a fever which got progressively higher.

She had been taken to the ER twice, where Jen, her mother, was assured that Alexis just had a virus. At home, Alexis had a seizure, so she was rushed back to the hospital by ambulance where she was given a spinal tap. The doctors suspected meningitis and had started intravenous antibiotics when her diagnosis of meningitis B was confirmed. Dr. Christine Palmay, a family physician says, “Meningitis B initial symptoms are nonspecific but can evolve rapidly,” 

Alexis is now 11-year-old and experiences symptoms like headaches or joint pain and has been diagnosed as having developmental disorders.

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