{"id":94,"date":"2026-08-23T20:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforremi\/?p=94"},"modified":"2026-08-23T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:22:24","slug":"hanging-in-and-holding-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforremi\/2026\/08\/23\/hanging-in-and-holding-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging In and Holding On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 27, 2026<br>Day 17: Hanging In and Holding On<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have officially been on this journey for 17 days,<br>with 13 of those days since Remi&#8217;s Kasai procedure.<br>Recovery has not been a straight line, there have<br>been ups and downs, unexpected turns, and<br>moments that have tested us in ways we didn&#8217;t<br>anticipate.<br>But we are still here, still together, and still so<br>grateful.<br>We will be staying in Boston a little while longer to<br>make sure everything is responding the way it should<br>in Remi&#8217;s tiny body. For those of you who have been<br>following along and sending love our way: we feel it.<br>It has helped carry us through days that might<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">otherwise have felt impossible.<br>Thank you for checking in on us. 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