Selena Gomez has undergone kidney transplant thanks to donor friend
The superstar has been quiet over the summer and has now explained to her fans why she has been out of the limelight.
Selena Gomez has undergone a kidney transplant and has thanked her friend Francia Raisa for donating the organ to her, the “ultimate gift and sacrifice”.
The US singer and actress explained to her fans that she has been “laying low” throughout the summer because she underwent the major operation due to suffering from autoimmune disease lupus.
Gomez, 25, shared a picture of herself in a hospital bed next to actress Raisa, also in a bed and hooked up to medical equipment, with her 126 million Instagram followers.
She wrote: “I’m very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn’t promoting my new music, which I was extremely proud of.
“So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health.”
Gomez said she is looking forward to sharing with her fans her “journey through these past several months as I have always want to do with you”.
She thanked her “family and incredible team of doctors” for their work before and after surgery.
“She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed.
“I love you so much sis.”
Gomez said that lupus “continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made” and directed her fans to the Lupus Research Alliance website.
Raisa, 29, has appeared in TV series The Secret Life Of The American Teenager and Bring It On sequel All Or Nothing.
