Motocross champ gives up sport to save a life

The kids rode like daredevils on dirt bikes.

Adrienne Cooper watched the children twist their bodies and push their bikes for the win. She was at a Peoria racetrack to cheer on her nephew in a youth motocross race.

But another little boy had captured her attention.

Ten-year-old Logan Carson craned his neck to see kids his age compete in a sport he thought was the coolest. Logan, who lives in Gilbert, was friends with Adrienne's nephew.

Adrienne towered over the little boy. Adrienne's body is that of an athlete—tall, muscular and strong. Logan is small for his age. His body is scarred, ravaged and sometimes weak.

In 2012, Logan battled complications from strep throat that led to septic shock, a rare blood-clotting disorder, kidney failure, dozens of surgeries and amputations. He spent six and a half months in the hospital.

Over Logan's missing eye, he wears a Star Wars patch. Dark scar tissue covers his hand where he is missing fingers. His prosthetic leg is decorated with superhero bandages.

Adrienne's sister, Theresa Garcia, had told her about the little boy who had kidney failure. Doctors had denied Logan's first kidney donor. He was waiting for doctors to clear a second donor, a woman Theresa worked with.

Until that day at the race track, Adrienne had never met Logan.

"I couldn't believe that after everything he's been through, he was smiling and laughing," Adrienne says. "He was happy just watching the other kids."

Adrienne felt an instant connection with Logan.

"I guess I just fell in love," she says, quietly.

Watch the video above to see how Adrienne and Logan changed each other's lives with one act of kindness.

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