A Violinist Plays His Gratitude

The melodic strains of a violin that emanated Friday from a lobby at Barnes-Jewish Hospital carried the gratitude of a former patient who nearly lost the ability to play the instrument. "I suppose it's a way of saying 'thank you' to the hospital, but it's a lot of things." Ken Wollberg said. "It's a way to share a beautiful thing." An intense truck accident left Wollberg, a trained Viola performer, seriously injured and unsure if he would ever play again. But thanks to his doctors, he did recover, and came back to the hospital with a mission: "I wanted to show I had my violin-playing back. I wanted them to see the work they'd done was successful," he said.

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