Almost five months after Bijou Phillips issued urgent plea for a kidney transplant donor, the story is getting its happy ending.
The model, 46, revealed in February that she had been hospitalized and was "in need of a kidney," asking for help in finding a donor. On July 7, she took to Instagram to share an update: She found the "perfect match" and has undergone a successful transplant.
"My wonderful brother donated in the kidney exchange!" she wrote. "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!"
According to the National Kidney Registry, a kidney paired exchange occurs when a "donor will donate their kidney to another recipient in exchange for a compatible kidney for you."
The model, 46, revealed in February that she had been hospitalized and was "in need of a kidney," asking for help in finding a donor. On July 7, she took to Instagram to share an update: She found the "perfect match" and has undergone a successful transplant.
"My wonderful brother donated in the kidney exchange!" she wrote. "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!"
According to the National Kidney Registry, a kidney paired exchange occurs when a "donor will donate their kidney to another recipient in exchange for a compatible kidney for you."
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