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Scores of family and friends gather for Warren's 14th birthday party. Entertainment was provided by a three-piece band, and an exotic dancer who popped out of a cardboard birthday cake.

An antique mirror is bordered by snapshots taken when Warren was a toddler. His condition seemed less extreme then, the on of puberty has brought spastic disorders and other medical problems.

The den adjoining Warren's bedroom also has a ceiling mural. Carol often tries to interest her son, who must be carried around the house, in the antics of the animals painted there.

Carol strolls with Warren in the neighborhood near their home. The baby carriage has been lengthened and reinforced to support a teenager's size and weight.

Carol comforts Warren during painful removal of an IV needle.

Warren holds his mother's hand.

In hospital with the latest of a series of respiratory infections, Warren's care is supervised 24 hours a day by Carol, who has a reputation for dealing harshly with hospital staff whose performance dissatisfies her.

Carol Grunberg rarely leaves her son's side, much of her visiting with friends and family is done by telephone.

A mural of an angel--which bears a striking resemblance to mother Carol--looks down from the ceiling of Warren's bedroom.

Warren Grunberg at age 13.