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)

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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