Following the unexpected death of their 4-year-old son, Jaxon Knowles, from a rare and severe form of meningitis, a distraught family in England is putting their grief into action. Sammy and John Knowles, his parents, are speaking out in an effort to increase public awareness of the fatal illness and secure additional funding for research in order to avert such tragedies in the future.
After his parents battled infertility for years, Jaxon, dubbed the couple’s “miracle baby,” was born in July 2020. Before finally welcoming their son into the world, Sammy and John had gone through three miscarriages and five rounds of IVF during their seven-year infertility journey.