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MY MUM GAVE ME LIFE ...TWICE!

Phoebe O’Connell was only 18 when she was left hanging on to life due to a disease she knew nothing about.

The Brisbane teenager had contracted a near-fatal bout of meningococcal Y in November 2018 and rapidly deteriorated from a healthy and happy young woman to barely being able to breathe on her own.

While fighting for her life in Mater Private Hospital, Phoebe developed deadly sepsis and was on the

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