A Ponca City mother who lived with excruciating pain for three years recently received a new diagnosis and lifesaving procedure, her doctor told News 9 last week.

Sylvia Urioste was 53 years old when she first started experiencing pain in her legs and hips. The pain worsened with time – growing so severe, she struggled to walk less than half a block at a time.

"I couldn't even walk across Walmart. I'd have to send the kids because I knew that it was going to hurt me so much to get there,” Urioste remembered.

Urioste said the kids had already lost their dad to pancreatic cancer, so when she came down with the health concerns, they grew especially concerned.

"After I did a clinical exam in the office, it was pretty obvious that she had blockages in her arteries coming down to her hips,”

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