Copa, your son came into the world with more challenges than any child should ever have to endure. I think some adoptive parents would have sent a child back after reading what you found in his file—both parents having HIV. But, you were strong and compassionate enough to deal with the possibility of having a child who might be positive. How sad to grow close a fall in love with a child, only to watch him suffer a horrible death of AIDS. I have to admit, I wouldn’t have been strong enough to take it on. Thank heavens, he wasn’t positive . I don’t know if his biological parents lived long enough to see the anti-retro viral treatments. I would hope so. I think your son has more strength than he realizes. He survived such a traumatic few first years of life. He had to gather strength from that. Small children handle those situations better than adults.
