Following the heartbreaking death of their daughter, Kayla Vesia, wife of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia, shared her first update since the tragic loss.
On her TikTok account, Kayla posted a two-minute video on Friday expressing immense gratitude for the outpouring of support she and her husband have had since the loss of their daughter.
In a post shared on Instagram on Nov. 7, the Vesias announced their daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia, died on Oct. 26. The couple had announced the pregnancy in April.
“I was prepared for everything,” Kayla continued in her video. “I was prepared for whatever was going to happen, was going to happen. But I wasn’t prepared for not taking my baby home.”
At the time of the loss, the Dodgers announced Alex was not on the team’s World Series roster due to a leave of absence for a personal matter. Since the announcement of the death of the couple’s daughter, the Vesias received support from the organization, Dodger fans and baseball fans from other teams.
“It just felt right to come and say thank you,” she says in her video. “I am really grateful for the community of you guys and just expressing your support and love toward us. It really has brought us a lot of comfort during this.”
Kayla, who shared bits of the couple’s lives and her pregnancy prior to the loss, noted she was unsure what the next steps would be for her on her social media platforms. She assured that she wanted to share her journey, however.
“I don’t know how much I’m going to share,” she says. “I don’t know the details of it, but I do know that I want to share and if it could help somebody going through the same thing, you know, feel like they’re not alone.”
“I don’t want to come on the Internet and cry. I don’t think that’s fun for anyone,” Kayla Vesia continues in her video. “I think it’ll be a good outlet to be able to talk and share. Different from me and Alex talking and talking to our therapist, it’s just a different outlet. And like I said, if it can help somebody who’s going through the same thing, then that’s great.”
She ended her video wishing the public a happy New Year.