1. Charlotte Lucy Cleverley-Bisman was born on 24 November 2003 and is a New Zealander known as the face of a New Zealand campaign to encourage vaccination against meningococcal disease after contracting and surviving severe meningococcal sepsis.
10 Facts About Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman was nicknamed "Miraculous Baby Charlotte" by her fellow New Zealanders as a result of making headlines worldwide after recuperating from a series of life-threatening complications.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman is the daughter of Pam Cleverley and Perry Bisman.
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In June 2004, Cleverley-Bisman became the "face" of the epidemic.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman was then injected with penicillin, and airlifted to Starship Children's Health by helicopter.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman was not expected to survive, and needed to be resuscitated twice during her first half-hour at Starship.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman was connected to life-support systems, which fed her, transfused blood and drugs, and assisted her breathing.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman's parents helped her case to be publicised on national media, raising other parents' awareness of the virulent speed of the disease, and highlighting the need for a vaccine.
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Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman took her first solo steps using prosthetic legs and crutches in September 2008, and no longer needed crutches by October 2009.
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In December 2008, then aged five, Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman won TVNZ's inaugural Attitude Spirit award.