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8/12/08 Marius Has Arrived!
We wanted to update you on the arrival of Marius and some of the things we have been doing and of course the progress on the surgical front!! Let's start out with the arrival! Most of the Team Marius members were at the airport excitedly awaiting the arrival of the three Romanians. We could hardly believe it was actually here! Marius, Teo and Ionut arrived at about 5:30 and were a little overwhelmed and a lot exhausted but they were good sports about our enthusiasm!
8/1/08 MARIUS IS ON HIS WAY!
MARIUS IS COMING!! Marius, and Ionut and Teo will arrive at LAX on August 4th at 3:40 p.m. Team Marius families are going to be there as well as a group of Romanians from the community there in LA where word is spreading about his arrival along with lots of willingness to help. We think that is just terrific that they will have fellow Romanians to help them with their transition and share his culture, traditions, and language. These friends will be a great support in helping Marius adjust to the many changes! The process to get to this point has been long but the miracles myriad!
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TeamMarius 5/30/08 Update
We hope this update finds you all well and happy. Marius is doing so well!! His personality and sense of humor are just off the charts. He is learning english phrases for his trip to America and he has sat up on his own a few times in preparation for the long plane flight. He is even trying to put some weight on his feet. We hope that in a months time we will have all that we need in order to fly him over here! The custody issues are at the tail end of the process with the Child Protection and we hope to have them moved on to the Courts in the next few days to a week. We hope the court process will be expedited as well. And that just leaves the Visa Application Visit and flight arrangements. We thank all of you for your support and interest in this huge endeavor and for all who have donated and helped, we can't tell you how much we have needed and appreciate you. This is a first time for all of us taking on something like this and it has been a beautiful thing to watch hearts touched and miracles happening. We have enclosed an update from the new university interns about Marius' progress as they see it.
Enjoy!
Kristin
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Marius is working on sitting up so he will be able to sit on the plane. The physical therapist is also working on having him put a little bit of weight on his feet. It's hard for Marius, but he knows it is for the best. He still has a long way to go, but has made a lot of progress. He loves to play computer games on my laptop or sometimes Elisa even brings in her hand-held Nintendo DS and he goes crazy over it. He has gotten really good at using his little hands to push the control buttons. We have been working on teaching him some English phrases to help him communicate while he is in the U.S. He is very smart and picks them up quickly!
I'm including a picture of us with Marius so you can see who we all are! In the picture (left to right) are: Marius, Me (Melissa), Mindy, Florin, and Elisa. I'm also including a picture that I love of Marius with Marci.
Take care,
Melissa Reber
See Melissa's pictures on the website at: http://www.teammarius.org/Gallery
- By admin at 05/30/2008 - 20:12
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The Lastest From Romania
6/11/08
Marius has made a lot of progression in his exercises and movement. He can sit up for short amounts of time with no problems and can get into and out of a wheelchair with only a little bit of help. He loves to be pushed up and down the hallway outside his room.
We have a new game we play where we pretend a balloon is a bomb and we throw it at each other. I know it sounds silly, but he loves it. His burns are looking better every day. His beautiful blue eyes and big smile always brighten up my day!
5/28/08
Sorry I haven't sent you an email sooner. We were out of the hospital for a few days and we've finally gotten back into the swing of things.