Life isn?t easy for 6-year old Rebecca. Rebecca?s parents are at each other?s throats; her big sister is totally absorbed with her own problems, and her uncle is intent on Rebecca taking her medicine. It?s a hard luck life! Complicating things further, her health isn?t so good and her parents keep her home all the time. Ernest, the bacterium who?s become her best friend, Life isn?t easy for 6-year old Rebecca. Rebecca?s parents are at each other?s throats; her big sister is totally absorbed with her own problems, and her uncle is intent on Rebecca taking her medicine. It?s a hard luck life! Complicating things further, her health isn?t so good and her parents keep her home all the time. Ernest, the bacterium who?s become her best friend, hopes to reconcile her parents. But things get complicated when a new virus named Sam shows up and threatens Rebecca?s health!