He laughs with excitement as a group of medical technicians and friends roll him around on a mobile hospital bed . Paulo Henrique Machado has lived most his 43 years in a São Paulo hospital bed . Machado contracted polio as an infant ; his mother died soon after his birth . He and his wife , Maria Santos , have become close to others with disabilities .
Paulo Henrique Machado has lived most his 43 years in a São Paulo hospital bed . Machado contracted polio as an infant ; his mother died soon after his birth . He and his wife , Maria Santos , have become close to others with disabilities .