Prom

as been another month since I updated. Kayli is doing well still. A couple of weeks ago she developed some mouth ulcers as a result of one of her medications. The doctor removed her from that med to give her mouth a chance to heal, and they prescribed her a mouth rinse. She was in sooo much pain, and ended up being out of school a week per the doctor. Seems so silly, a mouth ulcer, but for a recent liver transplant patient could be devastating, even life threatening. As a result of the pain she was in, Kayli wasn't able to eat for nearly a week. We tried milkshakes, smoothies, nutritional shakes...none of it was really appealing to her but better than nothing. Her mouth feels MUCH better now, after 2 weeks...but she ended up losing about 15 pounds. Not a fun way to lose weight, but she feels good otherwise and has gotten lots of compliments on how good she looks. I think she is loving it a little. Last week though, I was trying to get her to eat as much Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc whatever else fattening I could get her to eat... why you ask? She had a PROM DRESS to fit into!!

You have probably seen us mention Ryan in our previous posts. We just adore him...and he adores her. Ryan and Kayli have been officially back dating now for almost 3 months. If you remember, Ryan was her date for Homecoming back in October, when we realized she was sick. He has stuck around and been so amazingly supportive through everything, offering her words of Praise and encouragement. They are adorable together. Ryan celebrated his Senior Prom last night, with Kayli as his beautiful date. Seemed so ironic, when Kayli's Homecoming dress being too small suddenly is what caused us to realize there was something wrong...and 6 months and a new liver later...her prom dress was suddenly too BIG. We were a little disappointed...but didn't seem like quite the crisis as the Homecoming dress fiasco. They had a WONDERFUL night, enjoyed time with friends, took beautiful pictures, and enjoyed an annual breakfast this morning with their band director, Jack Allen and his beautiful new daughter Gracie. 

I took over 300 pictures, so its been very hard to sort through and pick out just a few... maybe I will just create a slideshow. On Wednesday, Kayli & I will be leaving for Disney World with the Oak Ridge High School band. Four days, 100 teenagers...Diney theme parks...yeah we'll see how this goes! :) 

By the way, medically speaking, other than the mouth ulcers, Kayli is doing great and her liver seems to be functioning perfectly.