{"id":70605,"date":"2025-08-05T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70605"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:09:45","slug":"4-year-old-dies-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70605","title":{"rendered":"4-Year-Old Dies Within\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-133.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-133.png 510w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-133-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fabv2-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/528553357_122214096344116710_4314585519467944050_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_eui2=AeG6vxvTVFz0uTPRsOK7mQEOb3Gvn-pDCCpvca-f6kMIKj9NZhMEUltgmaXoi3tmkf1mSjkQRXaGrLKlzSbG3WB8&amp;_nc_ohc=iMMCGNvWCVYQ7kNvwGHyzfe&amp;_nc_oc=AdkEpyMGMH5vCyPyvstFygm_PdZ8uqvUbn5hhKfoRBqdUnuD6wNOxl73d15pN6V7Phk&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fabv2-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=NVoc0Is9LBACgmpp14fSxA&amp;oh=00_AfUZDQyPr6SPPOKVlWjCE7fnK-7bpb9CYYt4PrTuhz9nhg&amp;oe=68977C1A\" alt=\"May be an image of 2 people, baby and people smiling\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing their 4-year-old son Jaxon to a rare and severe form of meningitis, an English family is turning their grief into action. Parents Sammy and John Knowles are raising awareness and funds for research to help prevent similar tragedies. Jaxon, born in July 2020 after three miscarriages and five rounds of IVF, was their \u201cmiracle baby.\u201d After a family trip to Blackpool, Jaxon developed stomach pain and a fever on February 16. His parents initially thought it was a chest infection. But by morning, he had a rash, swelling, and severe symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paramedics rushed him to Rotherham Hospital, where 15 ICU staff tried desperately to save him. Despite their efforts\u2014including restarting his heart\u2014Jaxon died early on February 17. Doctors diagnosed meningococcal disease, a fast-moving bacterial infection often fatal in young children. Sammy said, \u201cIt still doesn\u2019t seem real. He was fine just hours before.\u201d<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3.jpg 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/33-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>The Knowles family has launched the Jaxon Knowles Forever Fund, raising over \u00a313,000 for Meningitis Now to support prevention and research. \u201cJaxon couldn\u2019t have been saved by any vaccine,\u201d Sammy said. \u201cBut with more research, maybe that can change.\u201d \u201cIf we can save even one life,\u201d she added, \u201cit\u2019s something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70565\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After losing their 4-year-old son Jaxon to a rare and severe form of meningitis, an English family is turning their grief into action. 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