{"id":247,"date":"2009-04-24T21:59:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2016-01-27T11:41:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:41:16","slug":"having-surgery-when-do-you-mention-using-music-to-your-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/having-surgery-when-do-you-mention-using-music-to-your-surgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Having surgery?  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