{"id":126,"date":"2026-01-21T03:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/?p=126"},"modified":"2026-01-21T03:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:34:52","slug":"one-week-until-surgery-%f0%9f%92%9a%f0%9f%98%ac%e2%99%bb%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/2026\/01\/21\/one-week-until-surgery-%f0%9f%92%9a%f0%9f%98%ac%e2%99%bb%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"One week until surgery!! \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\ude2c\u267b\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6644\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-10.33.57-PM-974x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9511879233104736;width:429px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6644\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-10.33.57-PM-974x1024.png 974w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6644\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-10.33.57-PM-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6644\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-10.33.57-PM-768x807.png 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamjacobb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6644\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-at-10.33.57-PM.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, Steve and I just celebrated 30 years of dating (thank you Scott for watching the boys!) and we didn\u2019t take any pictures. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here\u2019s a couple of my favorites from over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know we are in good hands with the transplant team in Pittsburgh. 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