Sao Paulo ( CNN ) -- Paulo Henrique Machado shares pictures of some of his most cherished memories : the first time he saw the beach , a Formula One race and a party from his childhood when all his friends dressed as clowns . 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 . He was born with the disease, and he spent much of his childhood paralyzed from the waist down.
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 . He was born with the disease, and he spent much of his childhood paralyzed from the waist down.