ORLANDO, Fla. -- A mother who had her arms and legs amputated after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria during the birth of her son is using breakthrough technology in an effort to walk again, according to a Problem Solvers investigation.

Last year, Claudia Mejias, 23, went to Orlando Regional South Seminole Hospital for the delivery of her son, Matthew.

"I remember it was Mother's Day and they told me we got amputate your legs and arms if you want to live," Mejias said.

Doctors told Mejias that she had contracted a flesh-eating bacteria -- with amputation her only option.

"I went to the mirror and I started crying and I said, "How did this happen to me.'" Mejias said. "I told (my husband) I didn't want to live. I told him that you take care of the kids, you help with everything, don't worry, everything is going to be fine."

Mejias' husband, Tim, told her they would make it and they got married at the hospital after the amputations.

Recently, the Problem Solvers contacted Stan Patterson, a local prosthetic specialist who developed breakthrough technology to treat some of the worst amputee cases to come out the Iraq war.

Patterson fits his patients with hi-tech alternatives to traditional prosthetics using a vacuum technique that actually expands the tissue into a pad-like silicon liner and locks it comfortably inside the socket, Local 6 reporter Steven Cooper said.

The vaccuum sucks tissue toward the socket increasing blood flow and keeping tissue alive. There is no slippage or movement, the report said.

Patterson agreed to help Mejias.

"What we'll want to do is cast you from the waist and one piece type design," Patterson told Mejias.

Mejias took part in several fittings and adjustments over two-months.

Mejias is determined to work in her recovery effort.

"I'm going to walk," Mejias said.

Mejias also said she is still searching for the truth about what happened to her after the birth of her son.

Local 6 News reported that the hospital calls her situation a tragedy but citing patient privacy rights will not release any records about what happened.

"She is being forced to sue the hospital for more information," Cooper said.

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