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"I almost died on set." Elena Sofia Ricci risked her health for work. A guest on Verissimo today, the actress spoke publicly for the first time about the mishap and the "beautiful lesson from life."
“I was used to working no matter what. Except that in 2021 I had a very serious problem with my spine, a huge cyst.
I was almost paralyzed, but I had to finish the series. I forced my neurosurgeon to find a solution to get me through the set, but he told me I was crazy,” she said. “I stuffed myself with every drug possible. On the last day, I arrived on set and I was yellow. I finished the last scenes and they rushed me to the clinic, where I remained hospitalized for a month.
"To avoid stalling the series, I didn't have the surgery I should have had, and I developed three liver abscesses. I was on the verge of a serious attack of sepsis," Ricci explained.
An experience that marked her deeply, which represented a turning point in her life: “I was putting everything before myself, even my health.
It was a point of no return." The actress managed to overcome the serious health problem: "I spent a month on three IVs a day, then I recovered, I had back surgery and now I'm fine. Life taught me a good lesson. The body always speaks and if you don't listen to it, it's no good."
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