When tiny Julia Odzimek became seriously ill with a rare strain of killer meningitis a fathers instinct saved her life.
Dad Greg and wife Alexandra took their two-week-old daughter to their GP who told them it was most likely an infection.
But 32-year-old Mr Odzimek refused to accept the diagnosis and felt something was seriously wrong.
Later that night the couple sped Julia up to Tameside Hospital where doctors confirmed their worst fears but were in time to give the child life-saving antibiotics.
Tests revealed the baby had contracted the listeria strain of the bug, which kills a third of people it attacks.
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