Bijou Phillips Seeks Rare Kidney Donor Help

Bijou Phillips has issued a heartbreaking update about her search for a rare kidney donor in a wide-ranging new interview.

a living donor after a kidney transplant she received in 2017 was rejected. Now on dialysis, she told followers earlier this month that 'time is of the essence.'

In a new interview with Us Weekly, Phillips re-iterated just how delicate the situation is, stressing she very well could be 'gone in a few days' if an infection were to occur.

'I’ve been immunosuppressed for so long… I could make it on dialysis for a couple years, or I could get an infection in my line tomorrow and be gone in a few days,' she said. 'I’m really hopeful, [but] it’s an extremely urgent situation.'

Phillips has started dialysis again, a treatment intended for those suffering from kidney failure which cleans the blood.

'I feel pretty good since I started dialysis… I was possibly going to be able to get a kidney from my brother [Aron Wilson], but he wasn’t a match. He’s maybe going to be able to get into the kidney exchange, but they’re not sure. They’ve already denied him once, so he’s gonna try again.'

Phillips said she is 'sort of hanging by a thread' as her wait for a donor continues.

'I’ve needed a transplant for a year. I’m sort of hanging on by a thread. My dad had a liver transplant when I was 10, and then when I was 20, he had to get on dialysis at UCLA. 

Phillips said she is 'sort of hanging by a thread' as her wait for a donor continues