{"id":171,"date":"2025-12-26T20:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/?p=171"},"modified":"2025-12-26T20:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:26:55","slug":"1-week-post-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/2025\/12\/26\/1-week-post-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"1 week post-surgery&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1 week ago Cohen was heading into surgery. What a week it has been for Cohen and the McCarty clan. It has been filled with lots of ups and downs and continues to be a roller coaster of victories and small setbacks as Christmas came and went. Jessica&#8217;s parents flew with Avery and Noah to California on Christmas Eve. Cohen was able to open up some gifts and have a short visit from Avery but obviously was not a very enjoyable Christmas for him. We trust that next year he will be happy, healthy and be able to run around excitedly again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victories\/Praises: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-successful extubation, lessening dependence on oxygen and completely off of nitrous oxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-being able to eat and get up out of bed to do PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Doc&#8217;s still very happy with how liver looks, lots of liver numbers are normalizing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer requests: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-off and on fevers would go away (potentially from a small bile leak but they are not 100% sure)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-abdominal pain would be under control (specifically after eating)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-bilirubin levels would normalize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-any possible bile leak would heal quickly on its own<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Cohen will be hungry and  able to eat plenty of calories without pain, preventing any need for a feeding tube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Rest, energy, and health for Colby and Jess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-1.png 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6585\/2025\/12\/image.png 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Uncle Travis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 week ago Cohen was heading into surgery. 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