Friday, February 13 2026 - More than 1,000 people have come forward in hopes of helping save Bijou Phillips’ life, but it has not yet resulted in a match.
Sources with direct knowledge say over 1,000 potential
donors stepped up after news broke that Bijou urgently needs a second kidney
transplant. Despite the remarkable response, doctors have not found a
compatible donor.
Bijou’s blood type is B negative, and she requires a donor
with B negative, B positive, O negative or O positive blood. Those close to the
situation say more people are being encouraged to get tested given the
seriousness of her condition.
She remains hospitalised and is currently undergoing
dialysis, which sources describe as physically taxing. While she is alert and
able to communicate, her condition fluctuates, with good hours and difficult
ones. It is understood she will likely remain in the hospital until a suitable
match is found.
Family members have been by her side during the ordeal. Her
half-sisters, singer Chynna Phillips and actress Mackenzie Phillips, have
visited, and her daughter, Fianna, has also been spending time with her. When
her daughter is not at the hospital, Bijou is said to be cared for by other
relatives and a close family friend.
Bijou is being treated at UCLA under the care of Dr. Anjay
Rastogi at CORE Kidney. She previously received a kidney transplant in 2017
from a friend, but that kidney has since failed. Her representative has said
she suffered complications, including the BK virus, which led to both cellular
and antibody rejection.
Born with underdeveloped kidneys, Bijou spent the first
three months of her life in the NICU on dialysis and has battled kidney disease
ever since.
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