Overview
- The actress reappeared on the ABC daytime series on February 12 following a six-month break for health reasons.
- She announced her leave in July 2025 and relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville with her daughter for personal and health considerations.
- Her neurosurgeon identified a brain aneurysm during a January follow-up scan tied to a 2021 brain surgery that removed a cyst.
- During the hiatus she described undergoing a procedure in which a doctor threaded a camera from her leg to her brain.
- A new specialist labeled her case a treatment “gray zone,” outlining monitoring or coiling as options, and she has postponed surgery as she is not in immediate danger.