Blogging for Kayleigh

Why am I blogging for Kayleigh?  Why do I want to document what our daughter's been going through?  I want to do this for many reasons.

First, I'm doing this for me.  I want to use this blog as a journal to keep track of our daughter's journey.  It will give us something to look back at and see what Kayleigh has endured.  The blog will help me keep track of all that she's been through and all that is yet to come.

Secondly, I'm doing this to keep all of our wonderful friends and family updated on how Kayleigh's doing.  Kayleigh does have a Caring Bridge website as well.  Caring Bridge is a wonderful site that we will continue to use.  This blog will allow me to share even more than I do through Caring Bridge.  This is a free site and I won't feel as guilty about not having many tribute donations as I'd like to be able to contribute (thank you to those who have done so).  I will be able to post videos and even more pictures than before.  Our friends and family will be able to comment on the same page as the blog as frequently as they would like.  I will do my best to update this blog as frequently as I can.

Finally, I'm hoping that I will be able to help educate other families going through the same thing, just as Ally's family did for us. ( http://all4ally.blogspot.com)  Maybe other families will read our story and find some peace in knowing they're not alone.  Together, we can and will beat this nasty disease.