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Anjuna Malley carries her sister Claudia to day care. Severely disabled since birth, Claudia has been cared for by twenty-four-year-old Anjuna since their mother died two years ago. Photo: Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Anjuna spoon feeds Claudia each meal in the small mobile home they share in Scotts Valley, California.
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| Anjuna painstakingly combs Claudia's hair into pigtails each morning before she takes her to daycare.
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Anjuna didn't leave Claudia's bedside at Valley Medical Center for two weeks while her sister was being treated for a near-fatal case of pneumonia.
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| Claudia hangs out nearby as Anjuna gets some gardening done.
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| In a rare display of worry, Anjuna's eyes reflect her concerns about the weight of taking care of her sister.
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Anjuna takes her sister for a walk around the pond at their mobile home park.
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| Enought oxygen for a one-day trip standing by to be packed, Anjuna loads Claudia into their 20-year-old Volvo for the trip to a doctor in San Francisco.
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