Audrey Babcock
Teens Legacy: Life for Others
Audrey Babcock
Teens Legacy: Life for Others
Wherever she went, little children flocked to sixteen-year-old Kelsey Mikel of Wakarusa, Indiana. They loved her and she loved them. Kelsey would have had great compassion for two-year-old Audrey Babcock who suffered from several disabilities including kidney failure.
Kelsey’s parents and Audrey’s parents faced their own worst nightmares one August weekend in 2004. Kelsey was fatally injured in a traffic accident a day after Audrey was put on the kidney transplant waiting list 150 miles away in Greenwood, Indiana.
Mark and Kathy Mikel knew their daughter had elected to be a potential organ donor when she got her driver’s license and they honored her decision. Many people would benefit from the compassion of the Mikels, including Audrey. One of Kelsey’s kidneys saved Audrey’s life that night.
The Mikels met Audrey and her parents, Adrian and Lisa, three years later. It was an emotional meeting but the Mikels said they would like to meet others who received the gift of life from Kelsey.