Joyous Hari Raya: Teen with rare liver disease gets to celebrate festival thanks to transplant
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SINGAPORE — Temasek Secondary School student Falisha Zafilin was just six when she was diagnosed with a rare chronic liver disease, but with a liver transplant and blood transfusions in 2022, she can celebrate another Hari Raya Aidilfitri on April 10. FalJoyous Hari Raya: Teen with rare liver disease gets to celebrate festival thanks to transplant
SINGAPORE — Temasek Secondary School student Falisha Zafilin was just six when she was diagnosed with a rare chronic liver disease, but with a liver transplant and blood transfusions in 2022, she can celebrate another Hari Raya Aidilfitri on April 10. Falisha, now 14, enjoys reading and writing as well as acting. She is a member of her school's drama co-curricular activity group, known as Serious Play. «I will be acting as a zombie in an upcoming show,» she told The Straits Times. However, she could not always be so involved in school activities due to her health. Before Falisha turned two, her mother, Madam Siti Zubaidah Mohamed Sharif, 45, noticed blood in the girl's faeces. The toddler was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH). In 2015, Falisha was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) at KKH after she underwent a liver biopsy when her IBD medication did not work, and she repeatedly failed her liver function tests. She was referred to the National University Hospital (NUH) in 2018 for a second opinion after another liver biopsy indicated that her condition had worsened. Read more