{"id":44,"date":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforjuniay\/2018\/11\/19\/surgery-complete\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","slug":"surgery-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/2018\/11\/19\/surgery-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgery: Complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Junia, and I&rsquo;m back home&#8230;! My procedure went well. There was a focal point at the anastomosis that was narrowed so the doctors used a balloon (versus like a stent). This was probably an ideal intervention. I like to think of it as my artery being a garden hose that was being squeezed and squeezed, so the water pressure was too high. They can&rsquo;t say how long my artery will be good for, so I have a lot of follow up appointments this month including another EKG (to monitor fluid buildup around my heart), blood draws and levels (they did a scalp draw on me!) and abdominal ultrasounds.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, I later learned that my hepatic artery was an unexpected finding from my initial CT scan and ultrasound&mdash;and that my transplant doctors had been suspecting my portal vein instead. So all that to say, it was fortuitous that I went in when I did! Mama says God has been watching over me.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for my blood draws. They keep poking me and poking me but still can&rsquo;t get my blood, so I&rsquo;m at labs again this morning. Please pray for my upcoming EKG and ultrasound, too. I also have to start my twice a day blood thinning shots again, so bring on the bandages! Oh, and happy happy happy seven months to me&#8230;! Being home is always the best present in my book.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/303\/images\/31037844487_4148c5522c_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Junia, and I&rsquo;m back home&#8230;! My procedure went well. There was a focal point at the anastomosis that was narrowed so the doctors used a balloon (versus like a stent). This was probably an ideal intervention. I like to think of it as my artery being a garden hose that was [&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-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjuniay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}