When you lose someone close, many treasure photographs, movies and memories. Cleveland Clinic’s Arts and Medicine Institute has been giving families a unique keepsake: the sound of their loved one’s heartbeat as music. To record the heartbeat, Music Therapist Christine Bomberger uses a special stethoscope. It’s cut so only the chest piece and a couple … Read More
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Courage Award Winner Proves to Have ‘The Heart of an Olympian’
Kendra Seitz was four years old when she suddenly became ill in July 2009. “We thought she had the flu,” said Kendra’s mother Lea Seitz. After a few days of showing no signs of improvement, Lea and her husband took their daughter to see a pediatrician. At first, Kendra appeared to be dehydrated. But later … Read More