HIV Transplant Patient Has 'HOPE' Following Bill's Passage

ABC News | Gillian Mahoney

Lamont Valentin has lived with HIV since he was born nearly 30 years ago. After his mother died at age 6, he was placed in the foster care system and had only intermittent contact with his family members. As he grew up, Valentin remembers hearing from different adults that he was so sick he probably never would make it to adulthood, much less have a family of his own.

"In my teen years I wasn't worried much about my future," said Valentin. "But the older I got the more reality set in that 'Oh I might make it.'"

Today Valentin has his HIV under control with an undetectable viral load and stable t-cell count. He's married and a father to 18-month-old Mason, which are two things he never thought possible when he was growing up. Neither Valentin's wife nor his son is HIV positive.

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