Susan Lucci And Her Heart Of Gold

Susan Lucci And Her Heart Of Gold

Even though it has been almost a decade since All My Children aired its last televised episode, "The Queen of Daytime“ Susan Lucci continues to bring heart-pounding suspense to the world, but not always in the way you might think. "Two and a half years ago, I actually was very, very surprised to have a heart incident myself,“ Lucci tells Forbes. " I had always been very healthy. I really never had any health issues, I am happy to say. I was shopping at a boutique for a birthday present for my friend and I felt something I could not ignore. I felt like an elephant was pressing on my chest and it was radiating on my rib cage to my back. I sat down on a bench, while they wrapping the birthday present. The manager came over to me whom I've known for many years. She said My car is parked right outside. Why don't I drive you to St. Francis? That's the heart hospital, one of the top in the country. It happened to be just a mile down the road. I was so lucky in so many ways.“

According to Lucci, once she got to the emergency room,