Hollywood star Gal Gadot opened up about a health scare due to a blood clot in her brain on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed that she was “scared to death” in February 2024, right before she gave birth to her daughter Ori.
Opening up about the same, she said, “I had a huge scare. All of a sudden, I realised what it means to be scared to death.” The Wonder Woman actor who also has children Alma Maya and Daniella, with husband Jason Varsano, further remarked, “I had major headaches for three weeks and I was seeing doctors and different neurologists.”
Initially, doctors blamed the actress’s headaches on migraines and hormones, but her mother convinced her to get an MRI scan.
She noted, “They found out this horrible thing and we were rushed to the hospital. And they got the baby out immediately. I went through a thrombectomy.”
It was in December when Gadot opened up about her health scare in an Instagram post, sharing, “In February, during my eighth month of pregnancy, I was diagnosed with a massive blood clot in my brain. For weeks, I had endured excruciating headaches that confined me to bed, until I finally underwent an MRI that revealed the terrifying truth. In one moment, my family and I were faced with how fragile life can be. It was a stark reminder of how quickly everything can change, and in the midst of a difficult year, all I wanted was to hold on and live.”
She added, “We rushed to the hospital, and within hours, I underwent emergency surgery. My daughter, Ori, was born during that moment of uncertainty and fear. Her name, meaning my light, wasn’t chosen by chance. Before the surgery, I told Jaron that when our daughter arrived, she would be the light waiting for me at the end of this tunnel.”
