{"id":24,"date":"2023-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforchloe\/2023\/04\/21\/transplant-update\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:20:44","slug":"transplant-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/2023\/04\/21\/transplant-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Transplant Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t75\/2\/16\/2728.png\" alt=\"?\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Birthday wish granted<span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t75\/2\/16\/2728.png\" alt=\"?\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thank you all for the birthday wishes and messages, turns out 31 will be the most memorable birthday ever.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">10 days ago, on St. Patrick&rsquo;s day, I finally received my lucky match after two years of waiting on the transplant list. <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t26\/2\/16\/1f340.png\" alt=\"????\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I&rsquo;m so grateful to the donor for their sacrifice and their family for making the incredibly hard decision.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The transplant team removed my two large kidneys, that weighed 10 pounds, and transplanted two new healthy small kidneys that will continue to grow. <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tac\/2\/16\/1fad8.png\" alt=\"????\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I now have more kidney function than I have ever had, in my life. AND NO MORE DIALYSIS!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thanks for everyone who has reached out, stopped by, sent flowers, etc. I have been slow to respond as my recovery has been a lot harder than expected with the combination of the transplant and double nephrectomy and having essentially 4 surgeries in the last 3 months. I will get back to my normal busy life and start really enjoying these new beans soon enough, it might just take me a minute.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thanks again to everyone who supported and donated to the COTA for Chloe fundraisers. especially thank you to those who took their time and energy to plan them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Love you all <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/2\/16\/1f49a.png\" alt=\"????\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgLeft\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2246\/images\/chloe%20transplant%203.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birthday wish granted Thank you all for the birthday wishes and messages, turns out 31 will be the most memorable birthday ever. 10 days ago, on St. Patrick&rsquo;s day, I finally received my lucky match after two years of waiting on the transplant list. I&rsquo;m so grateful to the donor for their sacrifice and their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforchloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}