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Alysa~
Children living with other children who are HIV+ or have HepC would need to be old enough to be taught safety precautions. There are certainly things you can do to reduce the risks but you cannot erase them altogether. Small children play outside and get cuts and wounds that bleed and other small children try to help. It's natural that they would. We want them to help someone who is hurt, but they don't understand that open cuts or wounds on their own body leave them at risk. HOWEVER, these are risks children take everyday on every playground in America. It just significantly raises the risk to have a contagious child living in your home 24/7. I would suggest you take special classes to educate yourself on how to protect yourself and if your children are of an age that they can go with you or can be taught by you about bodily fluids, wearing gloves when blood is involved, and what HIV is then it is a decision that only you can make. If they are not old enough to understand, then I would have to say it would be something I would not do.

Kim