David Phillip Vetter, the "Bubble Boy," left a deep mark on a world he visited only briefly. The bubble that kept him safe from the germs that could ravage his immunodeficient body proved to be a ...

Nicknamed "Bubble Boy", Vetter was born in 1971 with the disease and died at the age of 12 after a failed bone marrow transplant. Getty Images Within 20 seconds of his birth at the Texas Children ...

He will continue to visit David regularly. The ABC television network airs Boy in the Plastic Bubble, starring John Travolta as a teenager without a functioning immune system. When David ...

Spinning Tree Theatre is producing the KC premiere of the musical “Bubble Boy.” It's written by the team that brought you “Despicable Me”, “Schmigadoon!” and “Bubble Boy” the movie.