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Article: Baby Tanisha helped me to cope after Lewin died .. but I almost lost her, too; Gelina feared her tot would die from meningitis just like her son.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- January 19, 2001
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Byline: MARIA CROCE
WHEN Gelina Brown looks at her daughter Tanisha, she can't help but be reminded of her baby son Lewin who died.
Gelina said: "Tanisha's blonde hair is just like Lewin's and they've got the same cheeky sense of fun.
"I don't know how I could have coped with Lewin's death without Tanisha.
"She saved my life. But I thought I was going to lose her, too."
Little Lewin died of the group C meningococcal disease septicaemia, caused by the same bacteria that can lead to meningitis.
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