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Sources close to Selena Gomez have reportedly revealed that her faith in God gave her the strength to get through the ordeal of kidney failure caused by lupus.
The disclosure, by sources close to 25-year-old pop star, comes soon after she took to Instagram to reveal that she underwent a kidney transplant this summer. Selena posted to Instagram photos showing her lying in hospital bed with her friend Francia Raisa who donated a kidney to save her life.
Fans first learned that Selena is battling lupus in 2015.
TMZ reports that sources close to Gomez said she was scared when she first learned that her kidney was failing due to lupus. However, she bravely resigned herself to God’s saving mercy. The sources said that Selena prayed a lot about the matter before making the move to find a donor and a get a kidney transplant.
She was placed on a kidney transplant list and eventually received a live-saving organ donation from her best-friend, Francia Raisa.