Family, what a beautiful word. Even though composed of people who are entirely not blood-related, Damian Pighin and Ariel Vijarra, a gay couple and their two daughters, Olivia and Victoria, shows family is more than blood.
Green Lemon found and wants to tell our readers a beautiful story about giving out the love even when you don’t know how long it will last.
Damian and Ariel adopted a baby girl who was less than one month old. Her name is Olivia.
As the first openly gay couple in Santa Fe, Argentina, they became members of an NGO that helps couples adopt unwanted children.
Olivia was less than a month old when she was put up for adoption. Ten families rejected her.
That was because Olivia was born HIV-positive.
Meanwhile Damian and Ariel had waited three months for this call to happen.
The life expectancy of a baby that is diagnosed with the virus is 10 years. But thanks to technology and advancement in research, life expectancy has been rising and children can live for decades and even as long as any normal human beings without contracting the disease to others.
Olivia began her treatment and soon was showing positive results.
The parents have been informed that HIV can not be found in he rbody anymore and Olivia won’t be suffering the symptoms from the virus. Then, the couple adopted another girl and named her Victoria, becoming fathers of two. Now, their two daughters are closing in to their 5th birthday!
