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Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite the newly inserted metal rod holding her femur together.
The 88-year-old Miami resident had fractured her left hip just hours earlier when she fell while visiting a daughter living in Asheville. The surgery went quickly, and as she arrived in the hospital’s orthopedic medical-surgery unit, designated internally as J6, she seemed alert and upbeat…