Her lively spirit and gratitude lit up the entire clinic

Mercedes returned to us this year for Clinic Day, one year post-op from her total hip replacement performed during CAMTA's 2017 Mission. As a young girl, Mercedes was afflicted with Polio, leaving her with partial paralysis on her left side. As of last year, walking on her own was extremely painful; however, one day after her procedure, CAMTA doctors were alarmed when they arrived to her room, and found she was missing from her bed. She was feeling so great, that she got out of bed on her own, and walked to the bathroom. You can tell by the look on Mercedes' face, that she is still loving her new hip!