{"id":89,"date":"2025-09-30T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/?p=89"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:34:47","slug":"day-1-of-macs-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/2025\/09\/30\/day-1-of-macs-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211; August 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-green-dark-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ba64845235a60e40e38ab4fb5aa8abe1\">Hi and welcome to our Davidson Family updates. Thank you for praying for us and loving us. The following posts will be past updates from Mac\u2019s kidney transplant journey. We love that you pray for us and love us so dearly!<br><br>\ud83e\uddf3 Day 1 of travel complete!<br>Mac, Evelyn &amp; I woke up early this morning and our friends Erica and Brooklyn drove us to the airport (dad needed to get in one last day at work) we met our first Angel Flight(non profit group) pilot Ed Loxtercamp who flew us to Cincinatti (my parents joined us for the send off as well &#8211; love yall!). Then we landed in Cincinnati to board our 2nd Angel flight by pilot Don Moore to Pittsburgh.<br><br>Our electric truck was waiting there driven by our sweet neighbor Devan and his grandmother Tamara- everyone give them a prayer of thanksgiving and a high five.<br><br>Looking out the window of the plane today my heart weeping gratitude how held we have been by God and how everyday He shows up to give us these earthly angels to get us to this destination.<br><br>Andy and Eddie, our road warriors, start their journey today &#8211; please say a prayer for them for safety and lasting memories on this second roadtrip to Pittsburgh they&#8217;ve championed together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/09\/day-1-1024x1009.jpg\" alt=\"day 1 \" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/09\/day-1-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/09\/day-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/09\/day-1-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/09\/day-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Angel flight, arriving in Pittsburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi and welcome to our Davidson Family updates. 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