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Music Therapy

Shriners Hospital for Children Patient: Kechi

Story Summary

Treatment and care go far beyond surgeries at Shriners Hospitals for Children®. For Kechi, and many children like her, the music therapy program is a large part of their recovery process. Using music, the program helps children to achieve therapeutic goals including pain management, physical rehabilitation, and anxiety reduction.

Watch Kechi’s powerful story and see how much impact your caring support and the music therapy program makes in the lives of children who face serious burns and other challenges like orthopaedic conditions, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.

Kechi continues to share her passion with the world and is competing on America’s Got Talent: The Champions on NBC! Please share her story with your friends and family using the hashtags #thisismystory and #ShrineOn. Kechi’s beautiful voice and spirit are too amazing not to share!

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