Sarah Joyce is 34 and lives on the Central Coast, NSW. On the 9th August 2016 Sarah went from thinking she had the flu to fighting for her life within hours, to waking from a coma 9 days later to discover she had caught Meningococcal Disease W strain. At age 30. Which is not considered a high risk age group and Sarah, like many people, was unaware that her vaccines did not cover for all the strains.
Sarah is dependent on a feeding pump as she cannot eat from all the damage my remaining organs have endured. Sarah is not cured by any means and will live with multiple chronic illnesses for the rest of her life.
She was 30, working as a nurse and completely healthy and living her life before she was struck down.
Sarah dedicates her time to public speaking and raising awareness of Meningococcal and has created The Sarah Joyce Project which is supported by Lions of Wyoming East Gosford Centennial to prevent the preventable and stop this from happening to others.
Click here to read Sarah’s full story.
Written 2021
