Music For Maternity

Two days after her fourth birthday, Hiyam Sabbagh was diagnosed with cancer. What started out as a tumour in her left kidney was found to have spread to other areas in her body. It was another two weeks before her family knew the type of cancer involved. For the past nine months, Hiyam has been fighting the disease with a mix of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, administered at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. Staff and volunteers from the hospital’s Play and Music Therapy Department have worked with Hiyam since November to help prepare her for the procedures and treatment involved. Read more here…