Corey's Guilt

Randy Olson

The Pittsburgh Press

Corey is not aware that four out of seven in his family have AIDS. His father was an IV drug user who gave it to his mother. His mother gave it to his twin sisters at birth. His mother is afraid to tell him that his family has AIDS and all he know is that his sister is very sick. When he gave her the chicken pox, it was an AIDS defining illness giving her full blown AIDS. He has incredible guilt because he believes he gave his sister the disease that made her sick.

Randy Olson, "Corey's Guilt," in POYi Archive, Item #19572, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19572 (accessed November 23, 2024).