Musician awaiting heart transplant performs at Primary Children's telethonBy Carrie A. Moore
Photo by Jeffery D. Allred, Deseret News
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 11:24 p.m. MDT
Editor's note: This is the fourth story in an occasional series
Musician Paul Cardall doesn't get to the piano much anymore, but when he does, the music is straight from his heart, the tired one that needs to be replaced soon.
Two small cameo appearances last weekend during the 27th annual KSL/Primary Children's Medical Center telethon provided him a chance to give back to a hospital he's frequented so often, there's a bronze wall plaque outside the electrocardiogram lab bearing his name.
It was placed there years ago by family members, whose donation to the hospital came after he survived a Fontan surgery to treat severe congenital heart disease.
At 36, he regularly visits his doctors in the cardiology clinic at Primary Children's, despite the fact that almost all of his fellow patients are 18 or younger. Continue reading the story
