Trees dedicated to Suzu Kaneda, Japanese girl who came to CIncinnati for transplant

There are some new blooms in Eden Park in memory of a little girl whose parents came halfway around the world in a last-ditch effort to save her life. When they are full grown, the two cherry blossom trees will provide shade - and spring beauty - outside Krohn Conservatory. They are already about 2 years old - a birthday Suzu Kaneda was fighting so hard to see. The little girl from Japan celebrated that birthday in Cincinnati, where she received a double lung transplant at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Pulmonary vein stenosis had already taken her twin sister Saya just shy of her first birthday Alas, Suzu also died, but the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati wanted to leave a remembrance. “The Kaneda twins fought bravely for their lives and as a result of Suzuka's brief time with us here in Cincinnati, they helped bring our Japan American community together,” said Yoshitaka Takeuchi.