Diagnosed with kidney dysplasia at age nine; her kidneys did not develop properly when she was in the womb and frequently form painful cysts. She required a kidney transplant in April 2012. Her father donated his kidney, but in October 2016 her body started to reject it. She underwent different tests and treatments to try to save the kidney but none of the treatments worked. She started regularly undergoing dialysis, which led to severe weight loss. Doctors removed the transplanted kidney in May 2017, and her younger brother Ian offered his kidney, which was a match. However, she felt depressed about her health issues and contemplated suicide. In September 2017 she underwent a second kidney transplant, but her health problems didn't end there; she also has endometriosis, and the pain was becoming unbearable. In addition, she had a previously undiagnosed abdominal hernia. That led to more surgeries. she has had six in 16 months, and 16 total over the course of her life, including laparoscopic surgery for the endometriosis and a hernia repair surgery.
