Danielle Vasinova, an actress in the “Yellowstone” spinoff “The Madison,” revealed she was clinically dead for three minutes.
The famous actress told People she thought she initially had the flu before discovering she was battling Covid-19 in an interview published Dec. 19.
“On Dec. 12, 2019, I died for three minutes,” Vasinova said. “I went to urgent care in downtown L.A., and they decided it was strep and sent me home with some antibiotics. But by the next day, I could barely walk. My legs wouldn’t move. It was bizarre.”
She said her uncle rushed to drop her off at the emergency room and, by the time he returned to her room, what he saw was like a scene from a movie. “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,” she recalled.
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 19: Danielle Vasinova attends the Roberto Cavalli Exclusive Dinner & Delectable Party during the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Annex Cannes on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/FilmMagic) Getty Images
The famous actress described the experience and said, “I felt like I was going to die.”
Vasinova credited the one ER nurse in particular who kept trying to revive her during the horrifying moments that her heart had stopped beating, noting that the nurse’s efforts continued until they were able to find her pulse. The actress was then moved to the ICU and placed into an induced coma, according to People.
“I had complete organ failure,” she said.
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 20: Actress Danielle Vasinova attends HBO’s Official 2015 Emmy After Party at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center on September 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic) Getty Images
“I went from young and healthy to this infection that completely took over my body all of a sudden. It just came on, and it just rocked my world,” she told People.
Vasinova said she didn’t have specific memories of those three minutes, but she admitted she has sensed a higher power working through since that experience and often believes angels are near her.
“I didn’t see the light or a tunnel but they say it can come back to you in flashbacks,” she said.
“I did, however, start to see a lot of angel numbers everywhere. I would see sequences like 5555, 7777,” she told People.
“It was bizarre, but something was telling me, ‘There’s something more for you. You weren’t meant to go just yet. You’re meant to do something else.’”
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 11: Danielle Vasinova arrives at the Premiere Of Columbia Pictures’ “Charlies Angels” at Westwood Regency Theater on November 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) Getty Images
The actress said her perspective on life has been altered since this harrowing incident.
“I’m so much more connected. 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,” she said.
She returned to the hospital and reunited with the nurse who saved her.
“I found out her name was Ruby, so I went back to the hospital with a bracelet with a tiny ruby in it just to say, ‘Thank you for saving my life,’” Vasinova told People. (RELATED: ‘Woke Up In A Wheelchair’: Jamie Foxx Reveals Mystery Illness)
“I didn’t know if she was going to recognize me, but when she opened the door, I started crying, and she just lost it. She told me she never knows who lives or dies after they get transferred. She just gave me the biggest hug,” the actress recalled.
“Because I’d been gone for three full minutes. But I came back,” she said.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
