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Not fully understanding the extent of her illness, sometimes Corey rough-houses as if Megan were a normal child.

At times Corey reverts to childish behavior, deserting his sister for a make-believe world.

Ten-year old Corey is especially close to Megan, the sister who has full blown AIDS and in an adult role, helps his mother care for the younger sister.

Corey is not aware that four out of seven in his family have AIDS. His father was an IV drug user who gave it to his mother. His mother gave it to his twin sisters at birth. His mother is afraid to tell him that his family has AIDS and all he know…

Megan and Melody celebrate their sixth birthday. Their mother dresses them in the fanciest dresses she can find at the thrift store. 'They won't ever be able to go to the prom, ' she predicts. 'So I dress them like it now.'

During the CAT scan children have to be completely still. This means that Megan will spend an entire day being sedated and recovering from the test. This is only one of many batteries of tests children with AIDS must endure.

Megan has to be restrained as she is sedated for a CAT scan.

The only support group for the family is composed primarily of gay men. At an AIDS picnic Melody plays with a water filled condom at the beginning of a condom toss event. Melody doesn't know what AIDS is or what a condom is. But she is thursty on…

Melody's exuberance couldn't be contained on the walk home from school the first day. She quickly outpaced her sister. Even though they are fraternal twins, Melody is only HIV-while her sister has full blown AIDS. The twins will be studied by the…

After all the meetings and stress surrounding getting her children into school, finally the day came. But after the schoolbus never showed up, Megan and her mom were forced to wait one more day.