The two become friends, after which astronaut Buzz Aldrin comes to the hospital to meet Tod. Tod asks to return to the hospital, where he gets a roommate: Roy Slater, a young man with a tumor. He's crushed when she tells him the truth. There, Gina flirts with him, though Tod doesn't realize that she's doing it to win a bet. He shows up at the bash in his plastic bubble. Later, Gina stops by Tod's room and invites him to a July Fourth party. Via closed-circuit television, Tod agrees to monitor Gina's school classes. ![]() Twelve years later, Tod spends his time in his now-expanded, germ-free room, where he watches television, plays with his pet mouse, and spies on Gina as she grooms her horse. The next day, Gina and her parents visit Tod and the children try to play - despite the plastic sheet between them. Johnny and Mickey diligently set up Tod's room to meet his health requirements, with the boy continuing to be encased in a plastic bubble. Finally, Tod is brought home as reporters crowd around the family, as does next-door neighbor, four-year-old Gina Biggs. Four years later, Mickey is angry that Tod is still living in a plastic tent at the hospital. ![]() As a result, the baby must remain in a protected environment at the hospital. She gives birth to a boy, Tod, who also has a compromised immune system. Months later, Johnny and the doctor watch from a special observation room as a Caesarean section is performed on Mickey. Mickey confides to husband Johnny that she's frightened by the prospect of losing another child, like their son who died from having no immune system. ![]() Ernest Gunther tells Mickey Lubitch that she's pregnant. This made-for-television production, inspired by true events, is about a young man with a faulty immune system who struggles to live a full life. BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE, THE (TV) Summary
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