During a recent interview, Selena Gomez lauded her best friend, Francia Raisa. The singer posted about her battle with Lupus in 2017 which reflected on her professional front too. To the grace of God, her friend stepped forward and donated a kidney to the former which served to be a life-saving transplant.
In an appearance on the latest episode of Apple TV+’s documentary series Dear…, Selena recounts the discussion with her friend while she was battling with the fatal condition, “My best friend. Her name is Francia. She said No, I am absolutely getting tested. “And within three days, she went to get tested, and she was a match. And it was one of those moments where I felt watched over. I know I was so so so lucky.”
She continued, “I will never ever, ever be more in debt to a person than Francia. The idea of someone not even second-guessing to be a donor was unbelievably overwhelming.”
On Twitter, Francia posted a picture of herself from the hospital in which she had spilled the beans on the kidney donation process. She wrote, “If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve kept my kidney donation process pretty private. However, I think I’ve reached a point in my life where I feel at ease and self-assured in sharing my experience and using my platform to bring attention to the different kidney diseases that impact our community.”
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