The water roared as it dropped 620 feet along a sheer cliff in the dense Oregon forest. To celebrate, Audrey and Kelsey drove to Multnomah Falls, a popular hiking spot just outside Portland in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Audrey's response: 'You know, growing older is a privilege denied to many.' 'I can't believe we are going to be in our 30s - we are getting so old!' Kelsey said. She was playfully frantic, raving to her sister about how big the following year would be. Kelsey said it was perfectly normal they always cried. On the morning of March 17, Audrey and Kelsey rang in their birthday with a good cry. They are seen with their parents, Janine and Scott Ellis. The two were inseparable in their youth and remained close when they grew older. 'Helloooo!' Audrey howled.Īudrey (left) and Kelsey referred to each other as 'Wombie,' short for wombmate. When Kelsey picked her sister up from the airport that evening, Audrey greeted her with a ludicrous, over-the-top wave and then dance-walked over to her sister.

And last year on March 13, Audrey flew from Denver to Portland, Ore., so she and Kelsey could celebrate their birthday together.

The two were inseparable in their youth, and the only time Kelsey recalls fighting with her sister was on one occasion over clothes in middle school.Īlthough they had gone their separate ways, the twins remained close. They referred to each other as 'Wombie,' short for wombmate. The medical team - nine doctors working in unison with X-ray technicians, phlebotomists and nurses - could not explain why Audrey's heart was failing.Īudrey and Kelsey Ellis were born on March 17, 1991, in Berkeley, Calif. And Audrey had always been health conscious she worked as a transplant nurse in Denver. Just six months earlier, she had run a marathon with her twin sister, Kelsey. She was physically fit and had been in perfect health. She died of multiple organ failure five days after.Īudrey, the incapacitated young woman in the ICU, had just celebrated her 29th birthday. That evening, Audrey was incorrectly diagnosed with pneumonia. To celebrate their 29th birthday, they drove to Multnomah Falls, outside Portland, Ore. Audrey (right) and Kelsey Ellis were twin sisters born March 17, 1991, in California.

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