Brave Jasmine granted Christmas wish
Brave Jasmine granted Christmas wish
FIRST ON 7: A Melbourne toddler who has spent the majority of her short life in hospital has been granted a very special festive wish - the chance to go home.
Christmas has come early for young Jasmine Tabash who has finally been given the green light to leave Monash Children's Hospital after almost 12 months.
Jasmine suffers from an extremely rare and complex inherited medical condition, called congenital tufting enteropathy.
It is a potentially fatal illness which stops her digesting food or liquid.
Her mother Nicola Tabash said her daughter’s time in hospital had been tough on the entire family.
“I’ve had to see things no mother should have to see,” she said.
The condition is rare. It only occurs in one in every 100,000 children.
Little Jasmine has spent so much time in hospital, having her home is a novelty for her parents and little brother.
“It’s the most happiest time of our lives, I can’t explain it, our daughter’s back at home,” Nicola said.
“We’re going to celebrate together, we’re finally going to be a family,” Nicolas said.
Jasmine will have to make regular visits back to the Monash Children’s Hospital, but doctors have developed a program so she can be fed at home, with all her nutrition being provided through a tube.
And it seems Jasmine has left quite the impression on the nursing staff as well.
“She brings so much happiness to the ward, she’s just part of the family really,” nurse Kate Taubert said.
