{"id":280109,"date":"2019-09-19T15:41:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T21:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1074907"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:41:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T21:41:27","slug":"sarah-hyland-thanks-brother-for-giving-her-kidney-on-2-year-anniversary-of-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/sarah-hyland-thanks-brother-for-giving-her-kidney-on-2-year-anniversary-of-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Hyland Thanks Brother for Giving Her Kidney on 2 Year Anniversary of Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019727\/rs_600x600-190827113318-600.sarah-hyland.ct.082719.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.877894736842\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"22.787368421053\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/sarah_hyland\">Sarah Hyland<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is celebrating another two years of life thanks to her brother&nbsp;<strong>Ian Hyland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt Instagram post, the <em>Modern Family<\/em> star shares, &#8220;2 years ago today my precious little brother gave me the gift of life. Thank you for not only giving me your f&#8211;king kidney but for everything else you do. I love you so much @thehotterhyland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;happy Kidneyversary!!!!&#8221; she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The actress previously shared that she had some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/994835\/sarah-hyland-reveals-second-kidney-transplant-and-suicidal-thoughts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hesitations about receiving a kidney<\/a> from her brother, especially since the last transplant from her father was unsuccessful. &#8220;When a family member gives you a second chance at life, and it fails, it almost feels like it&#8217;s your fault. It&#8217;s not. But it does,&#8221;&nbsp;she revealed in December 2018. &#8220;For a long time, I was contemplating suicide, because I didn&#8217;t want to fail my little brother like I failed my dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But being in a poor state of health left her with no choice. So she and Ian went under the knife on September.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5\">\n<p>Fortunately, two years have passed and Sarah appears to be in good health. Aside from issues with endometriosis, things are looking up for the starlet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.253731343284\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16.008141112619\">\n<p>Throughout the years, her boyfriend&nbsp;<strong>Wells Adams&nbsp;<\/strong>stayed by her side for every procedure and hospital visit. &#8220;He&#8217;s seen me at my worst.&nbsp;I think that&#8217;s why I feel the most beautiful in his eyes, because he still finds me beautiful after seeing all that,&#8221; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s no wonder the star said yes when he staged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1000188\/sarah-hyland-and-wells-adams-are-engaged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beach-side proposal<\/a> in July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But none of this would&#8217;ve happened if Wells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1074691\/sarah-hyland-told-fiance-wells-adams-what-engagement-ring-to-get\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hadn&#8217;t slid into her DMs<\/a> just a few days before her September surgery. &#8220;I saw him on the <em>Bachelorette<\/em> and then he became the bartender on <em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em> and that&#8217;s when I was like, &#8216;Yeah, uh huh,&#8221; Hyland&nbsp;recently shared on <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/em>. &#8220;I thought he was real hot and then he slid into them DMs &#8217;cause I tweeted about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1074907\/sarah-hyland-thanks-brother-for-giving-her-kidney-on-2-year-anniversary-of-transplant?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Hyland&nbsp;is celebrating another two years of life thanks to her brother&nbsp;Ian Hyland. In a heartfelt Instagram post, the Modern Family star shares, &#8220;2 years ago today my precious little brother gave me the gift of life. Thank you for not only giving me your f&#8211;king kidney but for everything else you do. 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