A couple and
their 2-year-old foster son were barred from a pool at a
campsite last week after park owners discovered the boy is
HIV-positive.
Dick and Silvia
Glover were asked to produce a doctor's note allowing
their foster son, Caleb, to use the pool and showers at
Wales West RV park in Silverhill, Ala., after Silvia
casually mentioned to a desk clerk that he is
HIV-positive, ABC News reports.
"We weren't sure
if somebody could get the virus if the child upchucked
on them or from blood or what," Ken Zadnichek, the park's
owner, told ABC News. "We didn't know what the risk was.
That's why we asked for something from their doctor or
the county health department."
The family, who
was on vacation at the RV park, left the grounds shortly
after the incident July 1.
"Here we are
paying for the facilities, but there's certain ones our
son can't use," Dick Glover said on Good Morning America.
The retired
couple took Caleb to Wales West because of the numerous
steam and diesel locomotives featured at the park.
Silvia Glover said that Caleb loves trains. (The
Advocate)