{"id":12456,"date":"2011-12-08T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T20:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2011-12-08T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T20:04:19","slug":"violinist-denise-neal-shares-inspirational-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/2011\/12\/08\/violinist-denise-neal-shares-inspirational-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Afflicted with multiple sclerosis, violinist Denise Neal shares her inspirational story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An avid listener and supporter of Radio RMN, Denise Neal is truly a positive role model. Several of her concert violin recordings are heard on today&#8217;s broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whiterocklakeweekly.com\/view\/full_story\/16672204\/article-WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW--Talented-BA-\u201970-musician-glows-with-optimism-\">Talented BA \u201970 musician glows with optimism<\/a><br \/>\nby Shari Stern<br \/>\nWhite Rock Lake Weekly<br \/>\nDec. 6, 2011<br \/>\nIn 1995, at the age of 41, [Denise] Neal was diagnosed with the most severe type of multiple sclerosis. She lost her ability to play the violin a year later. From her bed and wheelchair, she remains active and involved while living a full, stimulating life.<\/p>\n<p>In August of this year, Neal arranged a reunion in Dallas of the acclaimed 1970 Bryan Adams National Honors Orchestra, and more than 80 alumni attended. \u201cI credit Facebook and the help of many friends for the event\u2019s success,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was one of the best things I ever did!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/PMH0001747\/\">Multiple sclerosis<\/a><br \/>\nU.S. National Library of Medicine<br \/>\nLast reviewed: September 26, 2011<br \/>\nMultiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An avid listener and supporter of Radio RMN, Denise Neal is truly a positive role model. Several of her concert violin recordings are heard on today&#8217;s broadcast.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,13,40,14],"tags":[5036,5035,5034,5033,5037,4619,3820,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}