Concluding her morning prayers at 8.30am, Madam Ivy Yong, 64, puts away her rosary beads and slides under the blanket on a medical bed.
The sound of mechanical whirring fills the bedroom of her three-room flat in Bedok.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 07, 2018, with the headline She ain't heavy, she's my baby: Mum's devotion to 38-year-old daughter with neuromuscular disease. Subscribe