The following article contains references to suicide, mental illness, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
“I think finding that balance is where the true epitome of self-love lies.”
Get the Kleenex ready as we run down tragic details about Sarah Hyland.
Sarah Hyland has chronic kidney disease
Sarah Hyland was born with kidney dysplasia.
After suffering from kidney failure, she had her first transplant in 2012, when she was 21.
Her father donated the kidney.
“My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!”
“I would be in a lot of pain a lot of the time,” she toldABC News.
“If I didn’t get, like, 12 hours of sleep …
It felt, like, none at all.”
As such, she has little recollection of filming some episodes of the hit sitcom.
The failure of the first transplant left her feeling intense guilt.
“It’s not.
But it does.”
She didn’t report the attack out of fear of not being believed.
“Everyone was drunk,” she recalled.
“He broke into the bathroom I was in …
I thought no one would believe me.
I didn’t want to be called dramatic.
After all, I didn’t say no.
Shock can do that to a person.”
Self-care is an extension of self-love."
The actor is a domestic violence survivor
Sarah Hyland began dating fellow actor Matt Prokop in 2008.
Five years later, the couple split following an alleged prolonged period of domestic abuse.
“I was scared and in fear for my life.”
He was also reported to have repeatedly threatened Hyland and her dog and sent her disturbing messages.
“‘The only way out is through,'” she said, quoting the poet Robert Frost.
“People have to go through things to become the person that they are today.
And that’s that.”
“Don’t touch me there,” she apparently told the fan, according to theDaily Mail.
The assault reduced Hyland to tears, and she left the party early as a result.
She was also photographed looking severely distraught as she was driven away.
The actor later took toXto explain what had happened and apologized for rushing off during the event.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested and charged with indecent assault by Australian police.
Hyland’s uncle was also injured in the crash, but made a full recovery.
The perpetrator, Jeffrey Eggeling, drove off from the scene, but was later arrested by Omaha police.
The following year, Eggeling was sentenced to 43 to 53 years in prison.
Subsequently, she has suffered meltdowns during wardrobe fittings due to feeling self-conscious about her figure.
Because even these sweatpants are making me look fat right now.'"
Such issues have been exacerbated by frequent body shaming from online trolls.
In 2018, she shared a bikini snap on Instagram and was swiftly slammed for supposedly being too skinny.
Namely, she was terrified her body would reject her second transplant, which her brother donated.
She has also suffered from severe depression as a result of chronic illness.
The fact that she feared asking for help only made this worse.
“I had to do something to transfer those dark, negative emotions into something lighter.
It was like trying to find my way out of a maze.”
It’s considered one of the most painful medical conditions.
Prior to her diagnosis, Sarah Hyland found herself on the receiving end of these dismissive attitudes.
I’ve been through that."
In 2018, she underwent laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis followed by surgery for a hernia weeks later.
As she explained on “The Ellen Show” in 2019, she lives in constant pain every day.
“[Y]ou don’t know when you’re going to have the next good day.
It’s really, really hard,” she said.
As a result of her chronic illnesses, she began experiencing hair loss.
Accordingly, she often wore extensions while filming “Modern Family.”
In 2019, she debuted her short curls.
Initially, rumors began circulating that Hyland was trying to bring the perm back into fashion.
But as she told Allure that year, this was in fact her natural hair.
“I always think it’s funny because my hair has been short since, like, 2013.
I just wear extensions for Haley now,” she explained.
“I didn’t know just how curly it was going to be, though.
“My hair that’s growing back now is much curlier than what it used to be.
It’s like I’m 4 years old now, I guess,” she mused toRefinery29.
After some initial doggy brawls, they became a big extended canine family.
Sadly, Hyland suffered yet another loss when Carl died weeks before Christmas 2022.
“Thank you for being the greatest friend anyone could ask for.
I’ll love you forever.
You’ll always be my best big boy … We’ll cuddle in our sleep.”
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