National Donate Life Month

THERE ARE MORE THAN 120 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE NATION WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. AFTER LOSING THEIR DAUGHTER, A NORTH DAKOTA IS SHARING HER STORY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO BECOME DONORS. VALLEY NEWS TEAMS "JOVANA SIMIC" HAS OUR STORY. FOR MOST TEENAGERS, GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF BEING 15... BUT, FOR KELSEY MISIALEK, SHE FELT JOY IN ANOTHER WAY. "SHE CAME OUT ALL EXCITED AND NOT BECAUSE SHE GOT A LICENSE BUT BECAUSE SHE CHECKED THAT BOX AND HAD THE DONOR ID ON HER CARD" SOON, THAT CAME TO AN END. KELSEY WAS IN AN ATV ACCIDENT... AFTER 5 DAYS IN THE HOPSITAL AND 2 BRAIN SURGERIES... SHE COULDN'T BE SAVED. "THAT'S HOW SHE PERCEIVED LIFE TOO, WANTED TO PAY FORWARD ANYWAY SHE COULD. FOR OUR FAMILY IT GAVE US PEACE AND COMFORT TO KNOW THAT APART OF HER LIVES ON." SINCE SHE DIED IN 2012, HER FAMILY WATCHES KELSEY LIVE ON... THROUGH MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE HER ORGANS AND TISSUES SAVED. ONE OF THEM, A 4 YEAR OLD BOY WHO GOT A SECTION OF KELSEYS LIVER. "KELSEY WAS SOMEWHAT OF A TOMBOY AND SHE IS JUST ENOYING GOING THROUGH LIFE A S A 4 YEAR OLD." "I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY JUST TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT DONATIONS TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILIES ABOUT IT AND TO REGISTER TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR." NAT LUNGS, KIDNEYS, PANCREAS.. AND THE HEART OF SLAIN FARGO POLICE OFFICER JASON MOSZER HELPED SAVE OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY... A GIFT... HIS WIFE IS REMEMBERING TODAY. "I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR DONOR FAMILIES WHO ARE ABLE TO THINK OF OTHERS AT THE MOST SENSITIVE MOST TURMOIL TIME OF THEIR LIFE." "KELSEY, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, YOU WILL FOREVER BE OUR ANGEL IN THE SKY." WHILE IT WAS A TOUGH GOODBYE FOR THIS FAMILY... THE LEGACY OF KELSEY LIVES ON THROUGH OTHERS... IN FARGO....JOVANA SIMIC...VALLEY NEWS LIVE ALMOST EVERYONE CAN DONATE ORGANS AND TISSUES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BECOMING A DONOR OR TO REGISTER, GO TO VALLEY NEWS LIVE DOT COM AND CLICK ON THIS STORY.