{"id":120,"date":"2025-10-03T02:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/?p=120"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:13:41","slug":"day-18-august-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/2025\/10\/03\/day-18-august-22-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 &#8211; August 22, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/10\/day-18-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/10\/day-18-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/10\/day-18-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/10\/day-18.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mac graduated from the PICU to the transplant floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f389\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf89\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;when God moves Mac &#8211; little winks when he started playing, singing the night before- He moves Mac. I woke up &amp; the night nurse said Mac had a great poop over night- also a great sign of tolerating j feeds and the formula he is on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2764_fe0f\/72.png\" alt=\"\u2764\ufe0f\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0we had a new nurse come on named Jenna- what an angel &#8211; Jenna has 3 kids too and had one in the NICU this year. We related to knowing when it&#8217;s time. And well, Mac &amp; Jenna were on the same page as God. After the end of the day with all the changes, Mac off oxygen support &amp; then eating, the 7th floor had a room for us open up she said I should buy a lottery ticket. But nope that&#8217;s just the power of God. Thank you for hearing my cry Lord. Where we were a week ago compared to now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our surgeon Dr Armando came in and said &#8220;let&#8217;s get him outta the ICU. He looks amazing&#8221; he beamed over Mac and the journey we all took to get here and how it was a miracle Mac got his kidney before dialysis- &#8220;he was so close&#8221; to needing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac graduated from the PICU to the transplant floor &nbsp;when God moves Mac &#8211; little winks when he started playing, singing the night before- He moves Mac. 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