I am Gruia
Gruia and Vlad are twin brothers. Identical twin brothers more exactly. They should be like this, physically identical that is. But they aren't, even though they had shared the same placenta in their mother's womb. Soon they will be 2 years old. And they will be naughtier and more restless than before.
We don't know how other blind children of the same age are, but Gruia is notwithstanding his blindness as normal as any other child, sunny, playful and very loud. He seems to learn to speak quicker than his brother and is even more independent than Vlad, who is rather sensible and more relying on his mother. Gruia wants to go on by himself and doesn't call for help anymore, once he has learned to do something alone.
A few days ago (7 February 2009) Gruia learned to ride the toboggan slide; he climbs by himself, he sits in and off he goes by himself, just like that...
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Although she is seven, Sabina Teodora is a tiny little girl who makes acquaintance with the worl...
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We want to thank once again everyone for your support and kindness! Together with Gruia we wish ...
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SO WE WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR WITH NEW HOPE AND ANXIETY. The doctor looked into Gruia's eyes and ...
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SOON WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST EYE CHECK AFTER THE TREATMENT. We appologize for not posting anythi...
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WE ARE IN BEIJING - for our first leg of our trip back home to Bucharest. This whole past month ...
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THE SIXTH INJECTION OVER - today we had our final IV injection. Everything went fine. Gruia was ...
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WE'VE SEEN THE SOLAR ECLIPSE IN CHINA - we were here to see it. I had a strange feeling, watchin...
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AT THE ZOO - Sunday we went to the zoo. We thought that Gruia will not have any problem, since t...
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GRUIA AND THE CHINESE BREAD - unlike after the first spinal injection, this time Gruia has react...
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FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE HERE - we are kindly asking them NOT to...
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AND THE SECOND SPINAL INJECTION HAS PASSED - Gruia is fine. He is sleeping right now. So please ...
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YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR THIRD INJECTION - everything went smoothly. Except for the fact that the nu...
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WE ARE DOING FINE AFTER THE SPINAL INJECTION - this day was more difficult to bare for Laura and...
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EXPLORING THE CITY - yesterday we took our time to visit new parts of Shijiazhuang. Because we h...
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GRUIA IS RUNNING ON THE HALLWAY - everyone is amused to see him so excited and full of energy. H...
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TODAY IS THE BIG DAY - Gruia will have his first stem cells injection. We woke up a few minutes ...
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SECOND DAY - WE'RE GOOD TO GO. Today we started early in the morning with a general medical exam...
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FIRST DAY IN CHINA - NI HAO? We have finally arrived in Shijiazhuang. Gruia accommodated easily ...
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GRUIA SEEING LIGHT CAUGHT ON TAPE. It is the first time we observe something like this. Until no...
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HAPPY EASTER! Gruia wants to thank his friends again and wish them
a Happy Easter close t...
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GRUIA WANTS TO RUN! Today we played tag in the appartment. I rarely have the time to play like t...
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GRUIA IS SUPPORTING STEFANUT. We are so grateful for all the support received that we would like...
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WE MET OUR GOAL TODAY. In fact we surpassed it! We would like to thank you all for giving Gruia ...
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MORE NEWS FROM BABY SHIRDESH, SOUTH AFRICA. Shirdesh Singh was the first child in the world to u...
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CRONICA CARCOTASILOR AND MIHAI BENDEAC supported Gruia's website in the popular tv show from Pri...
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ZIARUL COPIILOR OFFERS TO HOLD A FREE BANNER in exchange of a donation worth EURO 500 in Gruia's...
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GRUIA'S FRIENDS ONLINE. When we started the fundraising campaign a couple of weeks ago we had a ...
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POVESTIRI ADEVARATE ON 18 MARCH 2009. We appeared in the TV show "PoveStiri Adevarate" (True Sto...
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MIHAI BENDEAC AND "MONDENII"-SHOW ARE SUPPORTING GRUIA'S FIGHT FOR SIGHT. We were very touched b...
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OUR BABY TWINS TURN 2 TODAY! Two years ago I was the happiest dad on earth: my sons were born ju...
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FREDO AND PID'JIN JOINED GRUIA'S FIGHT. The two "evil" pigeons created by Eugen Erhan & Tudor Mu...
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PERIPETIILE UNUI PARINTE PRIN SISTEMUL PENTRU COPII CU HANDICAP. In patru parti.
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NEW VISIT TO THE EYE DOCTOR AS PAINFUL AS EVERY TIME. I will not put pictures with my son's eyes...
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GRUIA HAS A NEW VIDEOCLIP on Youtube. My laptop is not working very well (is an ages old IBM-mac...
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THE TREATMENT WORKS. The proof is that Tatyana's sight shows improvements already after the thir...
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RYLEA BARLETT – THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL FROM USA. A 5 years old little girl, who never s...
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WE'VE GOT THE ADMISSION LETTER! We are so happy! Today we have finally received the Confirmation...
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RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN IMAGES. A short computer-simulated video posted on Youtube shows h...
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SHIRDESH – THE CHILD WHO GAVE US HOPE. Shirdesh Singh is a little boy from South Africa, w...
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