Earlier this month, Gal Gadot was candid about surviving a ‘massive blood clot’ in her brain during her last pregnancy.
In an Instagram Sunday post, Gadot said she was eight months pregnant when she was diagnosed with the life-threatening condition.
She underwent emergency surgery to treat the condition shortly after giving birth to her fourth child.
Back in February, Gadot revealed she’d been suffering from ‘excruciating headaches’ that kept her bedridden for weeks. The serious cause wasn’t uncovered until an MRI.
‘In one moment, my family and I were reminded how fragile life can be,’ she wrote. All I wanted to do was hold on and live — and it was a stark reminder of how quickly everything can change, amid a difficult year.
I was rushed to the hospital and hours later, I had emergency surgery. That moment was when my daughter, Ori, was born.”
Before the surgery, Gadot shared that she told her husband that their baby would be the “light at the end of the tunnel,” and Gadot shared that her daughter’s name means “my light.”
She also thanked the medical team at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, saying she pulled through and started her recovery with their care.
The Fast & Furious star later added that she chose to share her story in hopes that her followers would start paying closer attention to their bodies and that there could be action taken if something did not feel right.
And she added, “As we honour Hanukkah, a holiday of light and miracles, I think back to the miracle I was given personally.” Ori, my daughter has continuously reminded me of resilience, hope and strength.”
“I hope we all discover our light, witness our miracles and continue to speak up for ourselves and one another,” she wrote.
Gadot and her husband Jaron Varsano are parents of four girls.
Gadot announced Ori’s birth in March but at the time did not reveal that she had been experiencing a serious blood clot while pregnant.
“My sweet girl, welcome,” she posted.
At the time, she wrote on Instagram: ‘The pregnancy wasn’t easy and we got through it.’
Thanks for being the ‘my light,’ Ori in Hebrew, you brought so much light into our lives. ‘Our hearts are filled with gratitude.’”
