Yesterday morning, via a blog set up to provide information to the community about Jaiden’s progress, www.jaident.blogspot.com, the Tlapa family informed readers that Jaiden had succumbed to her injuries.

“Jaiden Lyndi Tlapa lost her courageous battle for life this morning at Boston Children’s Hospital,” said the blog posting. “Please know that in a way our prayers were answered, just not in the way we hoped. Jaiden is running free now with no pain and infection, and she has spread her new wings to take the most glorious flight imaginable.”

“Jaiden has touched our family and this world in such a profound and beautiful way; she will never be forgotten,” the family said. “Please keep alive whatever inner strength and spark that Jaiden has ignited in you. Our job now is to keep her memory alive and incorporate the lessons she has taught us all into our daily lives.”

The Tlapa family is asking for privacy and said the funeral would be limited to immediate family. However, the family said that a public memorial service would be held at some point in the future.