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"Sarah Hyland has revealed that she underwent a kidney operation last month. The Modern Family actress, 21, is recovering from a successful transplant, after her father donated his kidney. Hyland has suffered from kidney dysplasia for many years, which usually means that one kidney is rendered unusable. The star - who plays teenager Haley Dunphy in the ABC comedy - praised her &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot; father and supportive friends throughout the ordeal. &amp;quot;You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what,&amp;quot; she told Seventeen. &amp;quot;My dad gave me a freakin&amp;#039; kidney! &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s also the families that you create outside of your family. And you really find out what kind of people you&amp;#039;re friends with. It was just amazing, and it really opened my eyes to see who&amp;#039;s there for me and who&amp;#039;s not. &amp;quot;There are people who came out of the woodwork, not because it was, &amp;#039;Oh hey, congratulations on your show winning an Emmy&amp;#039;. No, it was, &amp;#039;Hey, I&amp;#039;m here for you&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Hyland also praised her actor boyfriend Matt Prokop for his dedication and support. &amp;quot;He helps me with my medication and takes me to doctor appointments and all the stuff that I need to do to take care of myself,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Any other 21-year-old guy would not be there, I guarantee it. I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have him be there for me.&amp;quot; Modern Family has been renewed for a fourth season by ABC, along with a host of other shows including The Middle and Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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