Eliana Zagui has lived most his 38 years in a Machado hospital bed . Machado contracted polio as an infant ; his mother died soon after his birth . Machado and his roommate , Paulo Henrique Machado , have become inspirations to others with paralysis .
Paulo Henrique Machado has lived most his 43 years in a Sao Paulo hospital bed . Machado contracted polio as an infant ; his mother died soon after his birth . Machado and his roommate , Eliana Zagui , have become inspirations to others with paralysis .