For Katelynn Hawes and Quentin Brunelle, it should have been their baby’s first Christmas celebration at home with her big brother. Instead, the family has spent much of the holidays in hospitals as their nearly three-month-old daughter Evalynn battles a case of bacterial meningitis — one they say should have been caught by medical professionals sooner, and has left her with what’s feared to be lasting damage.
Parents say ‘trust your gut’ after infant sent home from hospital later diagnosed with meningitis
