By Kelly Carmody | Digital Content and Social Media Specialist
An unexpected visit to the hospital is stressful beyond imagination, especially when it's your child in the hospital. Silas' mother knows this all too well when Silas was suddenly admitted to the hospital. The family spent days cooped up in their hospital room, Silas' mother explains.
"We were not able to leave the room, and he had a span of only a few feet to roam even inside the room due to the length of the things he was hooked up to. On the third day of this, he was pretty upset, scared of people walking in the room – and BORED."
That's when MyMusicRx Specialist Jean knocked on their door.
"When Jean came by with her ukulele," says his mother, "he was truly the most engaged that I had seen him the whole hospital stay – he wanted to touch the strings, danced a bit, loved exploring his own red ukulele, listened so attentively to the songs. It was so wonderful to sit with him and Jean and just be happy in the moment of him having a great time despite the circumstances. It was an incredible emotional relief to have Jean play music for and with Silas."
After a great jam session, Jean left Silas with a small ukulele to play with for the remainder of his stay. "Silas came back to pick at the strings multiple times. Seeing how much he loved music and singing, we have been more intentional at home to play and sing and dance multiple times a day. I’m so grateful for Jean and her gentle approach and obvious love of being with kids and making music – her visit to our room was really the only thing we all want to remember from the hospital stay."
MyMusicRx's trained specialists engage hospitalized kids of all ages and diagnoses, playing music for and with them and their families. MyMusicRx offers bedside serves, in-hospital concerts, and digital programs - all of which are designed to relieve stress, anxiety, and perception of pain. Thank you for supporting the healing power of music.
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