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Bijou Phillips still awaiting kidney match after 1,000 donors volunteer
Summary
More than 1,000 people have volunteered to be tested as potential kidney donors for Bijou Phillips, but doctors have not yet found a compatible match; she remains hospitalized and family members are reported to be at her side.
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Bijou Phillips urgently needs a second kidney transplant and remains hospitalized at UCLA. More than 1,000 people volunteered to be tested as potential donors after the news became public. Doctors have not identified a compatible donor match. Family members are reported to be at her bedside.
Known details:
- She needs a second kidney transplant; a previous transplant in 2017 later failed.
- Over 1,000 people volunteered to be tested as potential donors, but no compatible match has been confirmed.
- Reported compatible blood types include B negative, B positive, O negative and O positive.
- She is hospitalized and on dialysis, and family members including her half-sisters Chynna Phillips and Mackenzie Phillips and her daughter Fianna have been visiting.
Summary:
Medical staff are continuing compatibility testing of volunteer donors and she is expected to remain hospitalized while doctors search for a transplant match.
