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She is strapped into a wheelchair, head bowed and back curved, buckled into herself, staring into bony hands. The lustrous black hair she used to style so elegantly has turned pure white and is scraped back into a thin ponytail. Her gold-framed glasses hang limply around her neck. She wears clothes she once would have never considered wearing: elasticated trousers; loose, shapeless tops; practical shoes with Velcro straps.