Caring for his wife when she could not walk, talk, eat or breathe during autoimmune ordeal

Mr Kannon Kwan became his wife Linda's caregiver when she was stricken by Guillain-Barre syndrome in 2023. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE – Mr Kannon Kwan watched as his wife Linda’s health deteriorated before his eyes over some seven weeks in 2023.

Gone was the vibrant woman he met at a hiking group in 2015, the intrepid solo traveller and rock climber who won his heart.

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