Danielle Vasinova, the rising star in spinoffs 1923 and The Madison, has opened up about a near-death experience after contracting , revealing she was clinically dead for three minutes.
The actress shared her harrowing ordeal publicly for the first time, recalling how on December 12, 2019, she mistook her initial symptoms for the flu.
After visiting urgent care in downtown Los Angeles, she was diagnosed with strep throat and sent home with antibiotics.
However, her condition rapidly worsened as she recalled: “By the next day, I could barely walk. My legs wouldn’t move. It was bizarre.”
In the early hours, gripped by a terrifying premonition, she felt her life hanging in the balance. “I felt like I was going to die,” she confided to .
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Danielle Vasinova was in hospital after a shock illness (Image: Instagram)
Thankfully for the actress, her uncle was present to whisk her to the hospital, where he witnessed a scene of chaos as doctors fought to revive her, reports .
Danielle described his account: “He said people were running around me, and a tiny girl jumped on top of my chest and began pumping, pumping, pumping. And then he saw my heartbeat on the monitor just go. Flatlined.”
The TV star’s harrowing brush with mortality saw her heart cease beating for three agonising minutes.
But the prompt response of an industrious ER nurse saw her revived and speedily conveyed to intensive care, where a coma became her temporary refuge.
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Danielle will star in the Yellowstone spin-off, The Madison (Image: Paramount Network )
Upon awakening, Danielle recounted her encounter with “complete organ failure” as a result of -19, sharing that the episode “just rocked my world.”
Emerging from this near-death experience, she pondered its profound impact, saying: “This felt like the turning point in my life—the death and the rebirth.
“I know to take nothing for granted. Life is so precious and it is such a gift. We’re here to do some good in the world, to be of service, and to be forever grateful.”
On a positive note, Danielle’s career is witnessing a resurgence, as she was recently been unveiled as the latest addition to the ensemble of the highly anticipated Yellowstone spin-off, The Madison.
She will portray Kestrel, described as “an indigenous woman married to a Montana rancher who lives with her family on a double-wide trailer on Stacy’s ranch.”