The kidney is the master organ in your body. It regulates everything. And my job is to work with kids who have kidney diseases and kidney failure that requires dialysis to cleanse their blood until they can receive a kidney transplant. 

I’ve worked at Children’s Health for several decades, but when I was a resident here, I happened to be on-call during the holidays. I’ve been playing the fiddle for a long time and brought my violin to play some carols for patients and team members. 

Since then, it’s a tradition that I’ve continued during the season. And even other times throughout the year, I’ll play for patients while they’re receiving dialysis treatment or in the ICU after a transplant. 

I hope my music cheers them up a little bit and lets them know that they’re going to be OK.