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- Dealing with HIV-positive children
- The risk of infection is negligible
- HIV-positive children are considered as immediate
Dealing with HIV-positive children
Jenn Mosher has two adopted daughters who go to preschool. What the other mothers do not know: the two girls are HIV-positive.
"My HIV-positive child is playing with your child and you do not know." With this sentence, photojournalist Jenn Mosher begins her guest post on the "Scary Moomy" blog. "My daughter was playing with her kid in preschool, swimming next to her kid while swimming, and standing in line behind him in physical education. My HIV-positive child has rights that say we do not have to tell anyone, " Jenn continues , " And she's right. " Except for the attending physicians, Jenn does not have to tell anyone about her daughter's illness The alarm bells: How can she be so irresponsible and selfish? What if other children get infected while playing?
The risk of infection is negligible
Jenn Mosher is neither irresponsible nor selfish. She would never endanger other children. But very few people know that the probability of infection is negligible. Even if an infected child is injured and the blood comes into contact with someone else's wound, there is no risk. The infected blood must already be consciously pressed into an open wound or rubbed, so that the disease is transmitted. Jenn's daughters also get drugs that make the virus harmless. Every four months, her blood is controlled. The result is always the same. The lab tests can not find a virus in their bloodstream.
Many parents of HIV-ill children are even advised against telling others about it. At adoption, a social worker told Jenn, "Do not tell anyone. There is so much ignorance out there. Your Chinese child will stand out anyway. Do you really want to give people another reason not to accept them? " Nevertheless, it makes sense to at least educate teachers and teachers. The immune system of infected children is very weak and the risk of diseases such as measles or chickenpox, much larger than in healthy children.
HIV-positive children are considered as immediate
Jenn Mosher and her husband have deliberately adopted HIV-positive children because they are usually considered to be immediate. Nobody wants to have her. Most organizations do not have any sick children on their file. Jenn wants to give HIV-ill children a chance. She wants her daughters to grow up as normal as possible and not be marginalized because of their illness. The fear of contagion is in her opinion unfounded. "Please dear moms, you should know that HIV is nothing to be afraid of. Please check it online, google it, and talk to your pediatrician. Learn and research so you know the truth, " Jenn writes in her post, " but just so you know, my HIV-positive kid is playing with your kids and you do not know which it is, and that's okay. "
