Bijou Phillips breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when she announced that she had finally received a life-saving kidney transplant.The 46-year-old actress revealed her good news on Facebook with a beaming photo from her hospital bed as she recuperated from surgery.’I am beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into help me, get checked to donate, you are all heros!’ she gushed in her caption.Phillips, 45, had sought the public’s help in finding a living donor earlier this year after a kidney transplant she received in 2017 was rejected. While on dialysis, she told her social media followers in February that ‘time is of the essence.’The Daily Mail has reached out to Phillips for comment but has not yet received a response.In her new post, the actress – who filed for divorce from her husband Danny Masterson in 2023 after he was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women – explained that the selfless actions of her brother and others had played a role in her finally finding a healthy kidney. Bijou Phillips breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when she announced that she had finally received a life-saving kidney transplant. The 46-year-old actress revealed her good news on Facebook with a beaming photo from her hospital bed as she recuperated from surgery In her new post, she explained that the selfless actions of her brother and others had played a role in her finally finding a healthy kidney. ‘My wonderful brother donated in the kidney exchange! He saved a life, and the life he saved had a special person donate for them, and then a few weeks later! The voucher program found me a perfect match!’ she gushed’My wonderful brother donated in the kidney exchange! He saved a life, and the life he saved had a special person donate for them, and then a few weeks later! The voucher program found me a perfect match!’ she gushed. ‘So close it’s like I got the kidney from one of my parents!’ Earlier this year, Phillips emphasized just how dire her condition was by saying that she could be ‘gone in a few days’ if she were to contract a kidney infection, but she was now able to enthuse about just how smoothly her surgery went. ‘I am so blown away by Dr. Veale and the magic he does! The kidney exchange, voucher program, and his surgical skills!!!’ she continued. ‘He only cut the facia! He didn’t cut the muscles so I didn’t even really need much pain medication at all, just Tylenol!’The actress added that ‘at five days out,’ she felt just as good as she did ‘four months’ after her 2017 transplant. ‘The technique he developed is brilliant and he is a lifesaver!’ she said of her surgeon.Phillips concluded her post by thanking the ‘amazing drs and coordinators and nurses and everybody’ at UCLA Health who had ‘been so wonderful and amazing’ before leaving a special message for her brother, Aron Wilson.’love you Aron! Thank you the most! ??,’ she added.In February, Phillips shared with Us Weekly that her brother had volunteered to donate a kidney to her, but doctors ultimately determined that he wasn’t a close-enough match. Phillips previously emphasized just how dire her condition was by saying that she could be ‘gone in a few days’ if she were to contract a kidney infection, but she was now able to enthuse about just how smoothly her surgery went and how little pain she was experiencing in recovery Phillips filed for divorce from husband Danny Masterson (L) in September 2023 after he was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women; pictured together in 2008However, his donation to another person in need of a transplant got the ball rolling on Phillips’s transplant search.In addition to her smiling photo from her hospital bed, she posted a sweet image of her brother Aron by her side in the hospital.Phillips highlighted how her family was sticking by her side throughout her medical ordeal with a sweet group selfie snapped by her daughter Fianna.The group included her half-sister, Wilson Phillips singer Chynna Phillips, as well as Chynna’s husband, the actor Billy Baldwin.Phillips closed her post with a short video of herself grinning ear to ear as she revealed that she was feeling well enough to walk through a medical facility lobby while an employee pushed a wheelchair with a gorgeous flower bouquet ahead of her.Back in February, Phillips indicated that she could potentially die within days if she fell victim to a serious infection.’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 told Us Weekly. ‘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 highlighted how her family was sticking by her side throughout her medical ordeal with a sweet group selfie snapped by her daughter Fianna (front). The group included her half-sister, Wilson Phillips singer Chynna Phillips, as well as Chynna’s husband, actor Billy Baldwin Phillips closed her post with a short video of herself grinning ear to ear as she revealed that she was feeling well enough to walk through a medical facility lobby while an employee pushed a wheelchair with a gorgeous flower bouquet ahead of her