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Everyday this week for Riley Week, we want to share personal stories from a Riley kid. Knowing that we help Riley Hospital in treating children, aid in funding research, and hearing what Riley does for kids helps put into perspective everything we do. Here is Moses Thompson’s story. - ““A lilting voice and strumming guitar drown out the noise of medical equipment in 3-year-old Moses Thompson’s room at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. As he beats on a small drum with shakers and hits a colorful xylophone with mallets, he has no idea that this fun experience is also therapy. "Good job, Moses," says Child Life Specialist Heather Troyer, who is teaming up with Music Therapy and Occupational Therapy colleagues to co-treat the little boy. His dad, Sean Thompson, M.D., is a Riley emergency medicine physician who works just two floors below Moses’ room. He says this kind of therapy has been “amazing” for Moses, who spends lots of time at Riley because of a rare l...

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