{"id":264,"date":"2024-08-20T14:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/?p=264"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:48:32","slug":"august-20-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/2024\/08\/20\/august-20-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"August 20, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, we met with Bexley&#8217;s transplant surgeon, and he reviewed the whole surgery with us again and answered our questions. He is such a smart man, and we feel confident he is the best! It was all so hard to hear, though, when it is your baby that needs to go through it. It is a lot of scary stuff. There are so many things that can happen. Would you pray with us that Bexley beats all the odds and comes through this with little pain and no complications, bleeding, clotting, or infections? 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I know we will get through this and be back to our new normal again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pray for Bex, her team, our family, and the precious donor.\ud83e\udde1\ud83c\udf3b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7311-862x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7311-862x1024.jpeg 862w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7311-252x300.jpeg 252w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7311-768x913.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7311.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312-845x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312-845x1024.jpeg 845w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312-248x300.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312-768x931.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312-1268x1536.jpeg 1268w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7312.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7313-871x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7313-871x1024.jpeg 871w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7313-255x300.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7313-768x903.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7313.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314-813x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314-813x1024.jpeg 813w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314-768x967.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314-1220x1536.jpeg 1220w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6339\/2024\/08\/IMG_7314.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we met with Bexley&#8217;s transplant surgeon, and he reviewed the whole surgery with us again and answered our questions. 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