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Actress Bijou Phillips Hospitalized, Needs Kidney Urgently
11 Feb
Summary
- Actress Bijou Phillips is hospitalized and seeking a kidney donor.
- Her previous kidney transplant from 2017 has failed due to health issues.
- Phillips is receiving dialysis while awaiting a living donor match.
Actress Bijou Phillips is hospitalized in Los Angeles as she urgently seeks a kidney donor. Phillips has been diagnosed with an acute kidney disorder since birth. A kidney transplant she received in 2017 from a friend has unfortunately failed, resulting in serious health issues, including a BK virus infection.
She is currently receiving dialysis at UCLA Health while awaiting a living donor. Her representatives confirmed her stable condition, with treatment being managed by Dr. Anjay Rastogi at CORE Kidney at UCLA Health. Phillips shared a link to a living donor form on social media, appealing for help from her extensive network.
Phillips is a single mother to her daughter, Fianna Francis, whom she had with ex-husband Danny Masterson.
