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Carole Ann has lost all four limbs but not her spirit and her zest for life
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In 2018, a burst ovarian cyst put D. G. Carole Ann in a coma for two months. Unfortunately, the medication doctors used to save her resulted in her hands and feet needing to be amputated. Yet Carole Ann refuses to be beaten by her condition.
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D.G. Carole Ann grooms Angel, her six-year-old shihtzu, every day, brushing the canine's coat with a comb and cleaning her eyes with wet cotton pads.
"I also clean her ears with a cotton swab. It's dangerous but I have learnt the technique. She trusts me and she doesn't move," says the 43-year-old.
