{"id":30,"date":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforeandj\/2021\/06\/24\/summer-time\/"},"modified":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","slug":"summer-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/2021\/06\/24\/summer-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Time for summer!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eli and Jakey have had a busy few weeks: a trip to CHOP, the last week of school, and a much deserved vacation!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>CHOP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dave and Grandma Patty took the boys up to Philly for their monthly visit to CHOP a few weeks ago. Their t-cell numbers continue to improve and they are able to go off their anti-fungal medication. (Yay &#8211; one less med!!)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jacob&rsquo;s alopecia seems to be returning some but we are not too worried yet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Lack of appetite continues to challenging due to chemo effects, so mom and dad are frequently helping the boys stay well hydrated and well nourished.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overall it was a good trip and the boys were back in time for the last day of school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2175\/images\/199218556_10159049317990803_6587385338924338181_n.jpg\" alt=\"last day\" \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They boys finished this crazy virtual\/hopsitalized\/home bound school year! Woohoo! Ali and Dave continue to provide the boys with fun enrichment activities like painting, playing with cicadas and lots of water fun!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2175\/images\/194897945_10159030210885803_640216110370209700_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vacation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As soon as school ended the family hopped in the car and headed to Ali&rsquo;s parents &hellip; who have a swimming pool! In addition, Ali&rsquo;s brother and his family quarantined prior to the visit so they could play together!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>The boys are still very susceptible to infections so they have not been able to play with friends, so&nbsp;it was a super treat to play with thier cousins!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2175\/images\/199642924_10159052419965803_5525274900393932672_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The family&nbsp;returned home a week later to find an awesome free-standing pool in their yard from friend Jill! Since the boys can&rsquo;t be in public pools, this is a perfect solution for the summer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2175\/images\/202681789_10159067610465803_6502969378684922269_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This week finds both boys under the weather with low grade fevers. Keep up prayers that they get better right away!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #000000;\">and to close this blog post&#8230;. we&#8217;d be remiss if we did thank all the Dads who support Eli and Jacob&#8230;. ESPECIALLY THIS GUY:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgCenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2175\/images\/204070312_10159072092110803_8456819356873777879_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for summer!&nbsp; Eli and Jakey have had a busy few weeks: a trip to CHOP, the last week of school, and a much deserved vacation!!! CHOP Dave and Grandma Patty took the boys up to Philly for their monthly visit to CHOP a few weeks ago. Their t-cell numbers continue to improve and they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeandj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}