Walter Tauro says he didn91裸聊视频檛 even know what Guinness World Records were before he was recognized by the popular British corporation as the world91裸聊视频檚 oldest kidney transplant recipient earlier this month.

91裸聊视频淚 never heard of it,91裸聊视频� the 88-year-old said with a laugh during a Sunday phone interview from his home in Markham, Ont.

But once he learned more about the organization that tracks human achievements and the extremes of the natural world, the retired realtor said he feels happy he was recognized.

91裸聊视频淚 am feeling good and I91裸聊视频檓 back to normal,91裸聊视频� he said.

Tauro said he moved to Ontario from India in 1965 and ran a successful real estate company for many years with his wife and two kids before his retirement.

In 2020, he said doctors discovered he had kidney disease.

His treatment involved mandatory trips to the hospital three times a week, for four hours at a time, to receive dialysis, a process in which doctors try to replicate the kidney91裸聊视频檚 function by removing excess water and toxins from the blood stream.

91裸聊视频淚 got tired of going to the dialysis,91裸聊视频� he said.

The onerous treatments eventually prompted him to request placement on a list for a kidney transplant.

91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 hear (about it) for three years after that,91裸聊视频� he said.

Then one day, in June 2023, a doctor at Toronto91裸聊视频檚 St. Michael91裸聊视频檚 Hospital notified Tauro a new kidney was available for transplant but warned he might not survive the procedure due to his age.

After multiple tests, however, a surgeon cleared him to receive a kidney from an anonymous donor.

91裸聊视频淚t is not the age of the patient that matters, it is their overall health,91裸聊视频� Meriam Jayoma-Austria, a registered nurse with St. Michael91裸聊视频檚 Kidney Transplant program, said in a statement.

91裸聊视频淲alter went through the program seamlessly, from his heart assessments to a bone marrow analysis.91裸聊视频�

Moments before his surgery, Tauro said his family still worried for him and said their final goodbyes.

He said he reassured them he would be fine.

91裸聊视频淚 said, 91裸聊视频楧on91裸聊视频檛 worry. I91裸聊视频檒l be back tomorrow morning.91裸聊视频� I had confidence,91裸聊视频� he said, adding he was a little scared but trusted his doctors.

Guinness World Records said on its website that 91裸聊视频淲alter was resolute in his decision to have the transplant as he no longer wanted to do dialysis every day.91裸聊视频�

Six hours after his surgery, Tauro said he remembers waking up.

As he recovered at the hospital for a month, overcoming some minor infections, Tauro said a nurse suggested he reach out to Guinness because she suspected he might be the world91裸聊视频檚 oldest kidney transplant recipient.

Tauro said the nurse91裸聊视频檚 intuition was correct and Guinness verified his record earlier this month.

Now Tauro said he is feeling healthy and enjoying his life with his family and two grandkids.

He said the experience has taught him that everyone needs to take a chance once in a while.

91裸聊视频淚f you don91裸聊视频檛 take a chance, nothing ever happens.91裸聊视频�

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