teamMarius

In early September thanks to Tom Farnsworth, a local physical therapist, Marius got a chance to see the Arizona Diamondbacks play. Here are some pictures of the fun. They got to meet the mascot, Phoenix Suns standout Dan Majerle, and made a great friend in Janie who took super care of them.

Just a little snippet from last night's excitement. I took Marius and Ionut with me to get Jeremy's (7 yr. old) haircut last night. We went to some friends who had fed us a couple of weeks ago and they have a darling dog and I knew Marius would love to get out and go play. They have two children on either side of him that are so great with him. Marius and Abby ran circles around the house chasing poor Gigi the dog.

News from us here at Team Marius! It's been a busy month! We returned from some sight seeing adventures in Arizona and Utah and did some fun interviews as well as Thank You receptions while we were there. The media in Utah, where the girls go to school, has been so wonderful and has helped in our efforts to raise funds and to tell Marius' story.

Jens Dana of the Deseret News did a very nice article on Marius that was published today. It is accompanied by an audio slideshow put together by Mike Terry. Here is the link to the slideshow--it is a must see!

http://www.deseretnews.com/photo/slideshow/1,5587,5166,00.html

And here is the link to the article:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257090,00.html

Enjoy!

Kerry Bringhurst of Utah Public Radio interviewed a number of the members of TeamMarius including Marius! Listen to the wonderful results here.

Jennifer Sanchez of the Salt Lake Tribune spent some time with Marius and the others while in Utah and wrote a very nice article that was published today. If you get a chance to pick up the Tribune it is on the front page! If you don't, you can read the article online here:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10333255

Enjoy!

We've posted a few pictures of Marius and friends during his trips to Disneyland and Seaworld.

Click here and scroll to the bottom to see the latest. More to follow!

Marius is visiting Utah, and he’s excited to meet some of the people who have been supporting the effort to bring him here for treatment. We’re hosting two receptions and we’d love to see you and your family and friends at either one! Children are welcome and refreshments will be provided.

Sunday, Aug. 24th, 6-8 p.m.

The Utah House
920 S. 50 W.
Kaysville, Utah

Or

Tuesday, Aug. 26th, 6-8 p.m.

The AVA Gallery
35 W. 100 S.
Logan, Utah

Today we had a visit from the Phoenix NBC affiliate. Here is the resulting story!

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!