A MAN who was injected with HIV by his father when he was just 11-months-old says he forgives his dad.
In 1992 Brryan was in hospital suffering from asthma when his father, a blood transfusion specialist, snuck into his hospital room and injected Brryan with the HIV-positive blood.
Brryan developed AIDS by the age of five and doctors said he wouldn't live past the age of six. The medication he had to take caused him to lose 70 per cent of his hearing. At one stage he was taking 23 oral pills, two IV bags, and three injections.
But Brryan has defied all doctors' warnings and lived to the age of 22, and the virus has been undetectable in him for the past five years.
"Anyone in my condition would die in three months, they gave me five," Brryan toldKPLR.
"I went from 23 pills to just one pill a day and now I'm undetectable, my T-cell count has been up, giving me zero per cent chance of passing on the virus."
His father was convicted and given a life sentence, but he could be free in a few years.
Brryan says he was able to forgive his father because of his Christian faith.
"I think there is salvation for everyone, and I find myself praying for his salvation."
But growing up was tough. Brryan was isolated by his schoolmates and at one point even considered suicide.
"I had three knives in front of me and thought, why me? Why me? But I realised there is hope, and it's not about what you have it's what you can give."
The 22-year-old is still in college, and spends his spare time promoting education and awareness of HIV/AIDS.
