Mavis explained on The Jeremy Kyle Show
that after having two sons with her first husband while living in
Zimbabwe, she then had Paeda and then soon after moved to the UK.
When
her daughter reached 10-years-old she fell ill and Mavis took her to
the doctors for tests where she discovered she had HIV: "I was
devastated, I couldn't take it. It was like a brick hitting me.
"I thought I wanted to take my daughter and myself off a cliff."
The mum-of-three was consumed with guilt when she found out that she
was had passed it to her daughter after she herself was diagnosed.
But now 18, Paeda bravely appeared on the show to tell her mum that she wouldn't have her life any other way.
As Mavis teared up, Paeda explained to Jeremy that despite bullies
making her life difficult she will always be open and honest about her
illness.
"There's no need for her to be feeling guilty I have accepted who I am.
It's made me grow up. I was thinking I don't know what type of girl I
would be if I didn't have HIV, it's made me who I am.
"I'm really happy having it. It's helped me and helped other people."
Paeda explained that it hadn't been easy but she wasn't about to take any rubbish from people she didn't want in her life.
Jeremy praised her as she told her mum: "You shouldn't be feeling guilty
because I am fine I am living a normal life, I am taking my tablets
every day. It's nothing, it's not a major issue anymore. You shouldn't
feel guilty about it."
Mavis was a little unsure how to feel but Jeremy reassured her their
mother-daughter bond was clearly strong, and Paeda explained that
doctors had told her she would live a normal life expectancy as long as
she took her medication.
