teamMarius

Sorry it’s been so long! Almost a week! Marius is great though! We have had some good times and some sad times, but we all know he is a fighter so he pulled through. He is getting a lot more vocal and loves saying our names ☺.

Last week Ashley went in a couple of days without me because I was sick. She said that she had lots of fun with him and that they watched movies together (the same one over and over—he loves Aladdin 2 and Tarzan). The next day when I went in he said that it was bad of me not to come and then smiled. So cute! He was in some pain that day too. Usually it is his feet and legs or his back itches. Ashley was the little nurse and helped him move his foot up and down and backwards and forwards. It seemed to really help ease the pain. He can lift his leg by himself and kind of stretch it out, which is a good sign. We also found out that Marius is very smart. His brother Ionut was there, but had gone downstairs for a break. Marius was asking for him and we told him that he would be back in 10 min. A couple of minutes later he asked for Ionut again. We told him 10 minutes again because we didn’t really know when he would be back. Marius then informed us that we had said 10 min. a couple of minutes ago. So, we had to change our answer to 5 min. After another 10 min he asked where Ionut was again. We told him that he was probably going to be another ten min. He seemed very exasperated with us. It was kind of funny though because he makes this sighing noise letting us know exactly how he feels. Luckily, Ionut did come back in 10 minutes that time! Marius is also very considerate. The first little boy that was in his room was burned pretty badly too and now he is in another room. Marius will always ask about him though and ask to see if we have visited him or given him a balloon too. One day when we had finished watching Tom and Jerry he said that he wanted to listen to some music. Right as I was putting the music on another little boy in the room said that he wanted to watch cartoons. Marius told me to put cartoons on for the other little boy and that it was okay. I was so impressed by his selflessness. He lies in bed all day and he can’t really move and yet he wanted the other little boy to have cartoons. He is so sweet! Marius also has a sense of humor. Usually he will say pretty please (in Romanian of course) when he wants something or needs something. One time though he was asking Ashley to make the movie on the screen bigger and he said ugly please. Ashley and I were laughing so hard. It was so cute and very clever of him.

He is also very excited about coming to America! Ashley was explaining to him that we would be leaving soon and he asked her if he was coming too. She had to tell him that he was but not at the same time. He’s very excited! We hope all is well and that things are going okay back in the US of A!

Love all of us here in Romania!