{"id":22547,"date":"2025-12-14T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=22547"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:55:13","slug":"two-surgeries-one-kidney-selena-gomezs-mom-collapses-as-transplant-spirals-doctors-steal-veins-from-her-leg-in-a-last-second-fight-to-save-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=22547","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTwo Surgeries. One Kidney.\u201d Selena Gomez\u2019s Mom Collapses as Transplant Spirals\u2014Doctors Steal Veins From Her Leg in a Last-Second Fight to Save Her Life."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In 2017, pop star Selena Gomez stunned the world by revealing she had undergone a kidney transplant due to complications from her long battle with the autoimmune disease Lupus. The organ was donated by her best friend, actress Francia Ra\u00edsa, in a monumental act of friendship. However, the initial three-hour surgery was followed by a terrifying and life-threatening medical emergency that tested the limits of her doctors and shattered the composure of her mother, Mandy Teefey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Disaster: A Broken Artery and Near-Death<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Just hours after the initial transplant surgery, Selena Gomez suffered a severe complication that put her life in immediate jeopardy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The complication, which she had described as one of her kidneys having <b>&#8220;flipped&#8221;<\/b> inside her body, was even more severe. As donor Francia Ra\u00edsa later revealed, the donated kidney was highly active, and when it turned, it broke an artery. This trauma triggered intense pain and an urgent medical crisis, as blood flow to the new organ was compromised. This was the moment the transplant spiraled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Emergency Surgery: Doctors had to rush Gomez back into the operating room for a second, immediate, and much longer surgery. The normal kidney transplant takes approximately two to three hours; Gomez&#8217;s emergency procedure lasted a grueling <b>six hours<\/b>. The situation was dire, with Ra\u00edsa stating simply: <b>&#8220;She could have died.&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Life-Saving Fix: To stabilize the new kidney and re-establish proper blood flow, the surgical team performed a complex, specialized procedure. They had to get a <b>vein from her leg<\/b> and skillfully use it to <b>build a new artery<\/b> to keep the kidney securely in place and functional. Doctors had to steal veins from her leg in a last-second fight to save her life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Mandy Teefey: The Mother&#8217;s Collapse<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While Selena was fighting for her life in the operating room, her mother, Mandy Teefey, endured hours of agonizing uncertainty. Teefey later described the experience as one of the hardest things any parent could face, especially when complicated by the initial success turning into a disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mandy Teefey\u2019s reaction, which she openly shared on social media, was one of pure, helpless terror. The mother <b>collapsed<\/b> in the hallway as the surgery turned into disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Fear:<\/b> She confessed to feeling <b>&#8220;helpless&#8221;<\/b> and <b>&#8220;scared,&#8221;<\/b> stating that for a while, she didn&#8217;t know if they were <b>&#8220;going up or going down&#8221;<\/b> (medically).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Location:<\/b> In her panic and protective <b>&#8220;Mama Bear&#8221;<\/b> mode, Teefey admitted to running constantly between the different hospital towers where her daughter and Ra\u00edsa were recovering, joking: <b>&#8220;I am pretty sure I am banned from that hospital. Mama Bear was in high gear.&#8221;<\/b> She admitted to &#8220;yelling and freaking out&#8221; in her distress.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Teefey\u2019s experience highlights the immense emotional toll the crisis took on the family, transforming the hallway of the hospital into a space of sheer terror as she faced the terrifying possibility of losing her daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Related Notable Events: The Battle with Lupus<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Diagnosis:<\/b> Selena Gomez publicly revealed her diagnosis of Lupus\u2014an autoimmune disease where the body attacks its own tissues and organs\u2014in 2015. The disease had severely damaged her kidneys, necessitating the transplant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Scars of Survival:<\/b> Gomez has openly shared photos of her post-surgery scars, turning the physical marks of her ordeal into a powerful symbol of survival and resilience for her fans who also struggle with chronic illness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The use of a leg vein to create a new artery was a last-minute medical act of genius that saved Selena Gomez&#8217;s life, but the emotional distress and near-collapse of her mother in the hospital speaks volumes about the human drama that unfolded behind the scenes of the pop star&#8217;s recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, pop star Selena Gomez stunned the world by revealing she had undergone a kidney transplant due to complications from her long battle with the autoimmune disease Lupus. The organ was donated by her best friend, actress Francia Ra\u00edsa, in a monumental act of friendship. 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