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Kidney donation a 'bittersweet' sister's gift

January 29, 2008

Sunyun Lee's greatest gift to her brother came only after her death.

Three days after she died unexpectedly of an aneurysm on Jan. 18, a team at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset transplanted both her kidneys, a perfect match, into her brother. Now Seung Hoon Lee has a chance at a normal life, doctors said.

Yesterday, a tearful Seung Hoon Lee, able...

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