Mother distraught as eight-day-old daughter dies after contracting herpes virus from a kiss
19-year-old Abigail Rose, who lost her daughter Aliza Rose just eight days after she was born, warned people against kissing newborns until they are at least two weeks old
The parents of a newborn baby girl who died just over a week after her birth after contracting herpes virus in May 2018 have come forward to warn others about the potential dangers of allowing family and friends to touch and kiss infants. 19-year-old Abigail Rose of Maryland lost her daughter Aliza Rose just eight days after she was born. The mother says that the infant likely contracted the deadly virus through a kiss from an infected person.
In an emotionally charged post on Facebook, she said she was never going to stop sharing the "gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, soul-shattering story" on social media.