The 50-year-old actress has opened up about her health scare last Tuesday on her blog, saying she refused to believe she was going into cardiac arrest and simply took some aspirin to relieve her pain after hearing the advice in a TV commercial, reported People magazine.
Writing in verse form, she states, "i became nauseous/my skin was clammy/i was very very hot/i threw up. Maybe this is a heart attack/i googled womens (sic) heart attack symptoms/i had many of them/but really? - i thought - naaaa".
O'Donnell chose not to call for an ambulance and instead opted to see her cardiologist the following day. She was sent to the hospital to have a stent put in and the star admitted, "I am lucky to be here".
Her representative Cindi Berger said O'Donnell is now recovering from the incident in Los Angeles. "She is now home and resting comfortably. She is very, very lucky."
