Although they had been up front and honest with each other concerning past romances, the implications of the news left her angry and hurt. After an initial period of not wanting to know, she agreed to HIV testing. 

Her ELISA and Western Blot were both positive. Follow-up testing revealed her CD4+ lymphocyte count to be 650 with an HIV plasma load of 40,000. She is weighing her options, but is leaning toward starting triple drug therapy soon. She is also in counseling.

Mr. Baldwin and his girlfriend are trying to work things out. She still holds him responsible for her situation, but as they are both HIV positive and have been together for almost two years, it seems that changing things now would only complicate matters further.