Filipino name Senator Joker Arroyo (legal name) has a brother named Jack. Many nicknames are bestowed by parents or other elders on children while they are still toddlers. Examples are the numerous "Boy", "Toto/Totoy" (young boy), "Girlie", "Nene" (young girl), "Baby" and similar types of pet names given to people who received them as kids and carried them into adult life and seniority. They've carried the nickname all their lives and see no incongruity in being called "Boy" or "Baby" even when in their sixth decade. Some are diminutives of the actual name, such as "Pepito" for "Pepe", "Juanito" for "Juan" (or
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble birth of a live baby boy, whom they name Tod. Tod's immune system also does not function properly, meaning that contact with unfiltered air may kill him. John and Mickey are told he may have live out his entire life in incubator-like conditions. After a strenuous four years of Tod living in the hospital, Mickey convinces John to find a way to bring Tod home. He lives with his parents, in Houston, Texas. He is restricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads, and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various