When your child test positive

[Lady Lauri]

  Hi everyone :)
I'm going to post this on both sides as some don't wander over to the Hep side much.

I need some input for a mother. I was introduced to a woman with Hep C by a friend and her daughter has tested positive for it also. Both are Geno1a. The mothers VL is 1 mil., the daughters is 400,000. The daughter being a young adult. She has this site info. now also.
   Along with the worry, upset, shock, comes the thoughts your child possibly contracted it from you. We all know it is nothing a parent would ever want to deal with and that it is nothing that parent did 'wrong' at all, but I'm sure the thoughts pass thru. Many of us had our children tested, terrified during the wait. She could use any input here from other mothers/parents that have had this happen. If you have, please post any words of help, or PM me and I'll pass to her, she can PM once she finds her way here.

Thanks in advance, LL

[sandbash]

One son tested negative!!!!!!!!!!!!   Waiting on the second one.

[Lady Lauri]

Hi there :) I posted this on the social hep side as well, a lot of post, other moms on it so be sure to go read that one.

Wonderful your daughter cleared! How did she do with tx?
What a sweet thing she said :)
You have my prayers for your other 2 children, please let me (us) know on that and on your own tx, progress in the future.

LL

[sandbash]

My daughter was successfully treated for Hep C, Geno 1a, VL 600,000 ,Stg 1, four years ago with SOC and has a undetectable VL.  We attributed it to a small tattoo that she got when she was 18.  I just found out that I have it, Geno 1a, VL 8,467,000, Stg 2, ... so now figure that I probably passed it on to her.
  
Am praying that my other two children are negative!  

My sweet daughter tells me that she hopes I passed it on to her, so that it is the same virus that responded to the treatment she had.  

[dancegirl54]

It helped me tremendously to know there were others out there that had passed this on to their kids. I have 2 out of 4 children that tested positive. The shock, guilt, shame are indescribable, but it does get better. Your friend is welcome to send me a private message and I'd be happy to talk to her.  I was on this forum a lot when we were first dx, now I read the email summaries and check in occasionally, though we all share in having this, I still feel somewhat "different" having passed it on to my kids.  So I have a very long way to go with this.  We are all 1a's.  I had thought I had been tested for everything-NOT! It was about 4 1/2 years ago when my beautiful, happy and outgoing daughter organized a blood drive in high school - I was at work when she called me after she had gotten a call saying she had HCV. I can't ever forget how I felt, and our lives all changed forever.  My son was in pretty bad shape, he treated for a year and remains HCV FREE and feels great. My daughter and I have not tx yet, we are both stage and grade 0 or 0-1.  We are all followed by Dr A, it's important to find a specialist that you like.  Life goes on, things change and it's not all doom and gloom.  Hope this helps
Lisa