Bijou Phillips undergoes life-saving kidney transplant
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Key Points:
- Bijou Phillips underwent a life-saving kidney transplant five months after being hospitalized and placed on dialysis, with her brother Aron Wilson donating a kidney through a kidney exchange program.
- Phillips expressed deep gratitude to her brother, the medical team at UCLA, and specifically praised Dr. Veale for his innovative surgical technique that minimized pain and sped her recovery.
- The transplant was facilitated by a voucher program that found Phillips a perfect kidney match shortly after the exchange, likened to receiving a kidney from a parent.
- Phillips, who was born with underdeveloped kidneys, had previously received a kidney transplant in 2017 that eventually failed, leading to her urgent need for a new donor.
- Friends and family had not been matches initially, and Phillips shared publicly her struggle to find a donor while fighting to stay alive for her 12-year-old daughter.
