'We're just celebrating his entire story and the ability to receive and give,' Kelsey Leichtnam said. Her brother McKenzie was an organ recipient and tissue donor.
McKenzie received a heart as an infant and later became a tissue donor.
"We're just celebrating his entire story and the ability to receive and give," his sister Kelsey Leichtnam said."It's incredible to think that a part of him is living today." McKenzie died unexpectedly 11 years ago just before his 21st birthday. Kelsey describes him as a huge sports fan who loved to take vacations and tell jokes.
"It's just one of those situations where people don't mention his name as often ... we still light up when somebody mentions his name and gives you a story or shares a memory," Kelsey said."The fact that after being gone 11 years that people want to talk about him and celebrate him and just remember him, it means the world.
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