Bijou Phillips seeks a kidney donor after a transplanted kidney was rejected

Bijou Phillips is back on dialysis at UCLA after a previously transplanted kidney was rejected, and she has publicly appealed on Instagram for a living kidney donor.

Bijou Phillips is receiving care at the ORE Kidney program at UCLA Health and is currently on dialysis after a previously transplanted kidney was rejected. She posted an appeal on her Instagram account asking people to join the living donor list. Phillips was born with underdeveloped (small) kidneys and previously received a transplant in 2017 that provided several years of partial function but later failed. Known details: - Phillips is under care at UCLA and is on dialysis after a prior kidney transplant was rejected. - She made a public appeal on Instagram asking for a living kidney donor and referenced care with Dr. Anjay Rastogi at UCLA. - She was born with underdeveloped kidneys and received a transplant in 2017 from a friend, which functioned partially for about eight years. - During the period after the earlier transplant she experienced complications including a BK virus and episodes described as antibody and cellular rejection. Summary: Her public appeal is focused on finding a living donor as she returns to dialysis and continues care at UCLA. Undetermined at this time.