Let's show compassion to baby Asli

Friday, March 06, 2026 | 50 Views |

Baby Asli should be celebrating her first birthday filled with laughter, tiny footsteps, and the loving chaos that marks a child’s first year of life. Instead, the maiden year has been defined by hospital wards, anxious parents, and a diagnosis no family is ever prepared to hear: liver failure.

Her story is heartbreaking not only because she is fighting for her life at such a tender age, but because her parents have spent months navigating a medical journey filled with uncertainty, delays, and rising fear.

What began as something that seemed as simple as jaundice has escalated into a life-threatening condition that now requires an urgent liver transplant.

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