{"id":187,"date":"2026-01-20T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/?p=187"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:00:23","slug":"1st-hero-heart-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/2026\/01\/20\/1st-hero-heart-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Hero Heart Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we celebrated Marshall\u2019s One Year Heartiversary\u2026 Can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been a year since Dr. Feingold told us Marshall\u2019s new heart is working beautifully, followed by the next month of the most stress we could imagine. But a year later and Marshall is doing great and growing and learning and enjoying life. We are incredibly grateful to our donor hero for choosing to donate life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our friends and loved ones celebrated with us today with some very special gifts. A Heart of New Mexico from Auntie and a beautiful Night Sky necklace from our dear friends the Klooks that marks the sky\u2019s constellations on this day a year ago. And a delicious cake from May\u2019s. We are so blessed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope everyone is having a good day on this 20th of January, thank you for checking in on our heart warrior! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/1-year-princess-cake-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/1-year-princess-cake-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/1-year-princess-cake-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/1-year-princess-cake-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/1-year-princess-cake.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile-861x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/cake-smile.jpg 1721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/New-Mexico-Corazon-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/New-Mexico-Corazon-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/New-Mexico-Corazon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/New-Mexico-Corazon-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformarshallsheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3482\/2026\/02\/New-Mexico-Corazon.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PS &#8211; You can see the full story on our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/marsfromthestars.wordpress.com\/\">Mars from the Stars<\/a><\/em> blog and follow regular updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marzfromthestarz\/\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we celebrated Marshall\u2019s One Year Heartiversary\u2026 Can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been a year since Dr. Feingold told us Marshall\u2019s new heart is working beautifully, followed by the next month of the most stress we could imagine. 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