Bijou Phillips has received a kidney transplant.
After months of waiting, the 46-year-old model revealed that her brother donated a kidney to an unknown person, which allowed her to get a voucher to find a match for herself.
Bijou Phillips released a statement on her kidney transplant
I am beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into help me, get checked to donate, you are all hero’s! My wonderful brother donated in the kidney exchange! He saved a life, and the life he saved had a special person donate for them, and then a few weeks later! The voucher program found me a perfect match! So close it’s like I got the kidney from one of my parents! I am so blow away by Dr Veale and the magic he does! The kidney exchange, voucher program, and his surgical skills!!! He only cut the facia! He didn’t cut the muscles so I didn’t even really need much pain medication at all, just Tylenol! I feel at five days out like I did four months after my last surgery! The technique he developed is brilliant and he is a lifesaver! Thank you UCLA! And all the amazing drs and coordinators and nurses and everybody there has been so wonderful and amazing. Thank you so much!!!! @uclahealth love you Aron! Thank you the most!
If you didn’t know, Bijou previously received a kidney transplant in 2017 from a “dear friend,” but she has had “many complications since,” including the BK virus which led to a cellular and antibody rejection, she says.
In February, she revealed she was put on dialysis a few weeks ago and shared that she was in need of a kidney transplant.
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