

… (I) couldn’t feel my finger touching my face, couldn’t feel my face being touched by my finger, couldn’t feel my laptop sitting on my lap, no feeling at all on the right-hand side - I could have burned myself or cut my finger off and wouldn’t have known.”Īfter a phone call with her doctor, Perrette went to the emergency room, where she said she was swiftly placed “on a gurney with a million things stuck in my arms and a bunch of medical people rushing me somewhere.”

"At first I thought I had just slept funny. "I woke up and had no feeling on the entire right side of my body," Perrette recalled of the stroke’s onset. Perrette opened up more about the health ordeal in an interview with Entertainment Tonight published Tuesday. She continued: “I’ve been through a lot in the last two years, things that are harder than having a stroke. COVID-19 Update: Learn about precautions - including visitor guidelines - in place at our hospitals for your safety, and for our patients and caregivers.

How many times do I cheat death? I almost died from a hair dye allergy I have food allergies I am a domestic violence and a rape survivor I was assaulted by a crazy homeless person and almost died, and I’m still here.” A massive stroke, or hemorrhagic stroke, is when there is active bleeding that occurs into the brain. “Oh my god, it’s September 2: It’s the one-year anniversary since I had a stroke,” said Perrette in the video. This is sometimes called unconsciousness or coma, and it means that. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood. The most severe strokes can leave a person unable to respond, or in a sleep-like state. In a video posted to Twitter Friday, the former “NCIS” star revealed she suffered a “massive stroke” last September. 'A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts (or ruptures). Pauley Perrette is letting everyone know she’s a tough cookie. A massive stroke, however, is more serious and results in severe brain damage or death. Watch Video: Perrette 'terrified' of former 'NCIS' co-star
