‘RHOC’ Vicki Gunvalson Breaks Silence On Health Issue That Made Her Blackout

Vicki Gunvalson is opening up about the morbid details of a health crisis that left her with a missing memory!

The reality star's crisis comes amid allegations of fraud and elder abuse by a client who consulted her company for financial and investment services.

Vicki Gunvalson's brush with the health crisis ultimately led to her being misdiagnosed by her doctor.

The "Real Housewives of Orange County" star hopped on a new episode of the "My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast" show and narrated the ordeal.

"There seems to have been about an hour or two that I was missing, and I don't know where I was," she said, adding that she had begun spewing gibberish at a client in her office.

Luckily for her, the client was a retired doctor who alerted Olivia, her boyfriend Michael Smith’s daughter, that she could be having a stroke.

Gunvalson noted that she did not remember anything, and Olivia took her to the hospital for medical attention.

The mom-of-two continued that upon reaching the hospital, physicians misdiagnosed her situation as a sinus infection and discharged her from the hospital later that evening.

She explained that she had taken antibiotics and that Olivia had gotten Smith to come home and look after her properly. However, Gunvalson's boyfriend explained that things degenerated from bad to worse when he met the reality star passed out in a bubble bath.

"I grabbed her, pulled her out of the water, put her in bed. The doctor said she just needed to sleep, so I put her in bed, and she slept literally 13, 14 hours straight," after which he took her back to the hospital out of growing concern.

Smith revealed that it was then discovered that she had a massive infection, declaring, "It wasn't actually sepsis, but it was pneumonia." He explained how sepsis worked:

"When your body is fighting that big of an infection and that dangerous of an infection, your whole body attacks it, which affects the brain and everything else in your body because your body sends everything it has to fight it."

The businesswoman stated on the podcast that she was still coming to terms with the impact of the health scare, especially after her neurologist explained the gravity of the situation to her.

"I had a 10 to 20 percent [chance of survival]," Gunvalson explained, holding back tears. "I cry a lot, and Michael keeps saying, 'Why do you keep crying?' I don't have an answer."

Gunvalson recalled her life a week before the incident, stating that she and Smith "were in Barcelona walking 16 to 20,000 steps" and having the time of their lives.

Her boyfriend then assured fans that the TV personality would soon regain her strength and that she was coming out of the health situation.

The mom of two experienced a series of health crises during her time on "RHOC" as a full-time housewife. She had to be ferried off to the emergency room during filming and cast trips.

So many events have happened in Gunvalson's life this year. The reality star addressed a significant one by denying her involvement in a lawsuit filed by a client named Diane Field.

The Blast reported that Field accused the Bravo star of fraud and elderly abuse after consulting her firm for financial advice and investment.

The celebrity, through her lawyers, emphasized her role as a well-respected insurance broker with over 30 years of experience who has helped more than 7000 clients achieve financial freedom.

Her legal team explained that Gunvalson only followed Field's directions regarding "the annuities and the life insurance policy." They reiterated that the mom-of-two did not engage in any conduct that could be considered financial elder abuse, breach of fiduciary duty, or fraud.

While the court is yet to make a decision on the new fraud case, she recorded a major success in court with a similar lawsuit in 2018. The 62-year-old was sued by Joan Lile for a fraudulent life insurance policy, which the reality star blatantly denied.

According to her legal team, Gunvalson has always conducted herself professionally and maintained truthfulness and integrity in every transaction in which she has acted as an insurance agent on behalf of her clients.

Her lawyers continued that the "RHOC" alum has never misrepresented any business policy terms or engaged in fraudulent conduct.