Bijou Phillips 'beyond Grateful' For Second Kidney Transplant Months After Public Plea

Bijou Phillips is recovering from a caller kidney transplant, emotion thankful for everyone progressive successful nan procedure.

The “Almost Famous” actor-singer, 46, shared a glimpse of her betterment connected Tuesday, posting photos of herself successful a infirmary furniture connected Instagram. Phillips said she manged to find a “perfect match” of a philanthropist successful nan months since her nationalist plea successful February. Earlier this twelvemonth she declared connected Instagram, “I americium successful request of a kidney,” and stressed nan urgency of locating a compatible donor.

“I americium beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into thief me,” she wrote successful her caption,”get checked to donate, you are each hero’s!”

In her Tuesday post, Phillips besides elaborate her process and nan attraction she received from UCLA Health staff, specifically her “lifesaver” Dr. Jeffrey L. Veale.

Phillips was hospitalized successful February. In her societal media plea astatine nan time, Phillips said she was calved pinch an underdeveloped kidney. She antecedently received a kidney successful 2017 “from a beloved friend” but has faced “many complications since,” including nan BK virus, she said astatine nan time. National Kidney Foundation says nan BK microorganism is communal and usually inactive, but it tin “wake up” erstwhile a person’s immune strategy is compromised — for illustration aft an organ transplant — and impact nan occurrence of nan transplant. Phillips was placed backmost connected dialysis arsenic she awaited a transplant.

In February, Phillips told followers nan replacement was basal truthful “I tin person much clip pinch my daughter, family and friends.” On Tuesday, she shared photos of her friends and family, and a video of a loved 1 accompanying her arsenic she walks done nan hospital.

Phillips shares a girl pinch ex-husband Danny Masterson. Fianna Francis was born successful 2014.

Masterson was convicted successful 2023 of raping 2 erstwhile members of nan Church of Scientology and was sentenced to 30 years to life successful prison. He filed a petition to overturn nan condemnation past year. Phillips filed to divorce nan “That ’70s Show” prima aft his sentencing.

Times unit writer Tracy Brown contributed to this report.