{"id":142,"date":"2023-11-15T21:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/?p=142"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:57:57","slug":"november-reflections-milestones-and-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/2023\/11\/15\/november-reflections-milestones-and-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"November reflections\u2014milestones and hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s November and Jen is nearing ten months \u201capr\u00e8s-transplant\u201d.&nbsp; Things are progressing as expected, which gives us a chance to reflect on a few milestones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In late October, Jen celebrated the eleven-year anniversary of her second lung transplant.&nbsp; Jen\u2019s donor hero gave her an amazing ten \u201cbonus years\u201d which ultimately served as the bridge to transplant number three. She marked the occasion by gathering with \u201ctransplant\u201d friends for dinner\u2014eight lung transplants between five amazing people.&nbsp; Brothers and sisters for life thanks to transplant!&nbsp; Organ donation saves lives\u2026 please be sure you know the facts about organ and tissue donation, how to register your decision to be a donor, and inform your family:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/indianadonornetwork.org\/\">https:\/\/indianadonornetwork.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After testing out her cello chops last month at Footlite Musicals, Jen made her triumphant return to the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for the annual Veteran\u2019s Day concert. She looks forward to many more performances in the orchestra pit at the beautiful Palladium.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jen had an early birthday surprise courtesy of Coach Teri Moren and the Hoosier Women\u2019s Basketball Team! Birthday serenade, tour of the locker room, watching practice, and cruising around campus in a tricked-out golf cart made for an awesome day in Bloomington.&nbsp; Jen loved seeing the team\u2019s motto\u2014 \u201cYou get what you earn, not what you want.\u201d Words to live by indeed. Never Daunted! Do the Work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of Jen\u2019s birthday, we won\u2019t say the number (but it rhymes with nifty).&nbsp; If you are so inclined to help Jen celebrate this big occasion, she would appreciate donations to COTA in her honor.&nbsp; Thanks for supporting Jen and thanks for supporting COTA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/symphony-617x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/symphony-617x1024.jpg 617w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/symphony-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/symphony-768x1275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/symphony.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jen back at the Carmel Symphony<\/figcaption><\/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\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/golf-cart-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/golf-cart-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/golf-cart-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/golf-cart-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/golf-cart.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Early birthday celebration with IU women&#8217;s basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3673\/2023\/11\/lung-friends.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dinner with transplant buddies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s November and Jen is nearing ten months \u201capr\u00e8s-transplant\u201d.&nbsp; Things are progressing as expected, which gives us a chance to reflect on a few milestones: Speaking of Jen\u2019s birthday, we won\u2019t say the number (but it rhymes with nifty).&nbsp; If you are so inclined to help Jen celebrate this big occasion, she would appreciate donations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1024,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjenwarrior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}