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"textContent": "\"We are on our own, Belle and I,\" writes Anne Driscoll, \"and I alone can offer her palliative care. So now, we have a new routine: I close the blinds of the living room each night, Belle takes one side of the L-shaped sectional and I take the other, and our heads meet in the corner.\"",
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