“It’s been eight months since I left home for this and I never thought it was going to last that long,” he commented Toño Mauri when leaving the hospital after fighting the complications that the Covid-19 caused in his body.
“It’s been a very strong thing, but today I can say that yes I won the fight, it was very hard, the hardest of my life, but I’m already going to my house to see my children and my wife, to my family, I am very happy, “the actor said when interviewed by staff University of Florida.
Recognized for participating in soap operas such as “La malquerida”, Mauri tested positive for coronavirus in June 2020 along with other members of his family. His condition worsened until he was hospitalized and, as a result of his condition, was subjected to a double lung transplant in mid-December.
In an interview with the health center of the University of Florida (University of Florida Health), Mauri recounted the journey from her infection to her discharge from the hospital last Friday.
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“I came here after being in Miami in the hospital for 6 months … I was in a coma for three months, everything happened to me, what they told me could happen happened, they told my family that I already … there was nothing to do and the next day I recovered and the doctors were surprised, “he said in a broken voice.
“So I went step by step until the time came when my lungs were no longer working and it came up from the hospital and a group of counselors that this place was there and that I could come and try and that was it. my arrival here was the last chance I had, I met Dr. Pelaez, Machuca and the team of two, they treated me wonderfully always with a lot of affection, they were also very sincere with me and together we went through this transplant. “
Mauri was also grateful to the person who made her transplant possible; although he noted that they do not know the donor, this experience leads him to see the importance of organ donation.
“I want people to know that it is an option that is valid today, I am very grateful to the donor because this person who gave me his lungs, also gave me the liver, the kidneys, he gave life to other people and that it makes us aware of giving, that it is the possibility of us saving these lives, I am very grateful, I don’t know who he is but he is surely an angel, for sure. ”
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In the audio shared by the University, Mauri shares that the first thing she wanted to do when she got home was hug her children and move on. In addition, as a survivor of the Covid-19 he has the conviction to share the message of care because the pandemic.
“I want to convey to people that they take care of themselves, that this is not a game, this is true and it ends with everything, that they take care of their family because those who suffer the most are the family and suffer a lot, then we have to think about all and we have to take care of ourselves and we have to follow the directions they give us, use the mouthpiece, be careful not to go to places of a lot of people, everything they are asking us to do, it is very important because I did not go out and I went caring and giving me then we also have to put interest and obey to take care of ourselves to take care of our family ”.
The soap opera actor as “Passion” and “The privilege of loving” he noted that God motivated him to continue fighting during these months in addition to being his strength. Mauri shared that she felt his presence very close.
“I asked him if it was his decision that I accepted but I wanted to see my children grow up and I wanted to live and for me God was my strength and I felt him. I asked him to take me of the hand and I felt how he took me and accompanied me and it is the greatest thing that has happened to me, to feel God “.
“I realize the things that are important, we waste time in a lot of nonsense we take the value out of others and this has helped me realize that the most important thing for anyone is their family, those who are always there. they are and always support you, friends, they are things you learn, I am going to change my life from today and I hope to do well, I hope to live every day to the fullest. “
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Toño Mauri wants to help others by sharing his message and hoping that the public will see him as an example and not go through what he went through, in this sense he shares a bit of his healing process which will still take time.
“This definitely changes your whole life, now I see everything differently, I see everything differently, I still don’t walk and I have to start from scratch to walk, to eat, to go to the bathroom, but I see that little by little it is possible and it is with myself that I have a commitment first that if I look good they will be fine and I will do it to help this is the most important thing, this is my life plan from now on “.
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