I apologize, yes that is just part of the dump, I cut most of it for space purposes. I thought I still was using the top tier of it though. Here is a copy of the first entry, including the $VAR. 
$VAR1 = {
          '57e27be8194bb2332a49a942e7aeafeb' => {
                                                  'files' => [
                                                               {
                                                                 'file
+_type' => 1,
                                                                 'date
+_uploaded' => '2005-09-12',
                                                                 'file
+_name' => 'SOme file PO.tif',
                                                                 'date
+_faxed' => ''
                                                               },
                                                               {
                                                                 'file
+_type' => 2,
                                                                 'date
+_uploaded' => '2005-09-23',
                                                                 'file
+_name' => 'somess 992525 R N.pdf',
                                                                 'date
+_faxed' => '2005-09-23'
                                                               }
                                                             ],
                                                  'phone' => 'xxx-xxx-
+xxxx',
                                                  'last_name' => 'Doe 
+',
                                                  'dme_num' => '992525
+',
                                                  'old_file' => '2005-
+09-12',
                                                  'pid' => '57e27be819
+4bb2332a49a942e7aeafeb',
                                                  'dme_pid' => '6310b1
+22dad26ec5c6c1c72a15112bb7',
                                                  'first_name' => 'Joh
+n '
                                                },

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