Good luck to her!!!

Two professors of medicine at the University of Kentucky looked out an office window into an open courtyard two years ago to see a student staring straight up, transfixed by something.

It was the hectic break between classes and students were flying past her, but this student didn't move a muscle, didn't shift her backpack, didn't breathe. The more they watched her, the more concerned they became.

Then, Dr. Darrell Jennings recognized the university student who was captivated by the tangle of butterflies just above her head. It was Kelsey.


Everything made sense then.

What 11-year-old girl can turn away from the unbidden gift of the flash of a dozen pairs of brightly colored wings?

On Saturday, three months after her 14th birthday, Kelsey Curd Ladt graduated summa cum laude from UK with a degree in biology with honors.