{"id":137163,"date":"2020-02-26T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=137163"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:25:11","slug":"woman-plays-violin-during-brain-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=137163","title":{"rendered":"Woman plays violin during brain surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Brain surgery is risky and intricate for anyone &#8211; but especially for someone whose entire passion relies on the use of their hands. After discovering that she had a brain tumour, violinist Dagmar Turner&#8217;s main concern was that the surgery did not damage the part which controls the fine movement of her hands.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Sky News, the 53-year-old said, &#8220;The violin is my passion, I&#8217;ve been playing since I was 10 years old. 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