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Gal Gadot Reveals Life-Threatening Brain Clot During Late Pregnancy at Cedars-Sinai Gala

She credits a timely MRI urged by her mother for the swift care that she says saved her life.

Overview

  • Accepting the Hollywood Icon Award at the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Snow Ball, Gadot recounted a February 2024 health emergency late in her pregnancy.
  • She said severe headaches led to an MRI at her mother’s urging, after which doctors immediately alerted her to a massive brain clot.
  • The diagnosis was cerebral venous thrombosis, a rare but potentially life-threatening clot in the brain’s venous system.
  • Within roughly three hours of the diagnosis, doctors delivered her daughter, Ori, to safeguard both mother and baby.
  • She said a procedure performed the next morning saved her life, and she later reflected on her recovery in a December Instagram post.