Leftover Fruity Pebbles are getting soggy in Aaron's dish.
Cartoons are on TV, but nobody watches.
Out in the kitchen, Aaron's father, Daniel, is assembling an arsenal. He lines up clear plastic cups, an oral syringe, and fat, white bottles of liquids and powders. There is Bactrim, to ward off Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Aaron has only recently been able to take the new, life-prolonging AIDS drugs because they've only recently been approved for children. He's done taking drugs until 3 p.m. Aaron had to wait months for pediatric formulations of the drugs he takes, even though they were already extending adult lives.