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Her life is hanging by a thread. The state of health of Carmen Salinas continues to worry everyone. The 82-year-old Mexican actress is hospitalized after suffering a stroke and her condition is very critical.
Some of her followers have relived personal moments from Carmelita’s life, such as the time she told how she won the jackpot of a lottery, on Mexico.
And it is that Carmen has always been characterized by sharing her experiences and opinions with her fans, who are now aware of her health because she cannot be operated on and the signs of improvement are almost nil.
The actress posted a video, where she revealed a little-known passage of her life. In the following note we will tell you all the details about the day that without thinking it won a lottery.
The day Carmen Salinas won the lottery
Through her social networks, Carmen Salinas shared a video where she recounted what happened on December 24 of 1966, the day she won the lottery with a gift.
The actress tells in the recording that she was making a presentation at the Parador, she sang and imitated Maria Conesa and took one of the people in the audience to dance. At the end of the number, the guest suddenly handed her a small piece of paper.
Carmelita thought at first that it was a ticket and when she checked it carefully, she realized that it was a piece of the lottery. Big surprise was Pedro Plascencia, husband of the actress when he checked the winning lottery numbers in the newspaper and realized that he had won the jackpot of 350 thousand pesos. The money was invested in the house where he currently lives.
“When I bend down to say thank you, I put it (the lottery ticket) in my bosom, I finish my performance and when I go to the dressing room, Pedro says to me: Did that man give you money? I said, ‘I think so. I take out the paper and it was a lottery ticket for the next day, December 24, 1966. The number 30 thousand 444,″ says the beloved actress in the recording posted on her YouTube account.
The Mexican actress also has a video on social networks where she takes a tour of the entire house. “Very good wool. We were all toasting,” Carmelita commented.
In this recording, she also revealed how hard it was for her and her husband Pedro Plascencia to find houses or apartments to rent, because at that time it was a very hard time for the economy in Mexico.
What else is known about Carmen Salinas’ state of health?
Although the actress’s diagnosis is not very encouraging, the specialists told her relatives that only “a miracle” can happen, because her organs are in perfect condition and she is breathing on her own with an artificial support fan.
“The stroke has irreversible damage, it was indeed in the brain stem, unfortunately what is the function of the body of the awakening body is the most affected,” said her godson Jorge Nieto.
What would have caused the stroke to Carmen Salinas?
Jorge Nieto, Carmen Salinas’s godson, said in an interview for Radio Fórmula that the stroke occurred because she suffered from hypertension. She also pointed out that he hopes that Carmelita will recover despite the doctors’ forecasts.
Meanwhile, María Eugenia Plascencia, daughter of the actress, asked all her followers to keep her present in their prayers.
What does she say about the house she bought when she won the lottery?
Carmen Salinas assured the Hoy program last July that she only has to distribute the house where she currently lives. While the study will be for the daughters of her first-born, Pedro.
Meanwhile, the house she bought when she won the lottery in 1966 will belong to her daughter María Eugenia. The actress explained that she left everything ready to avoid disputes over property among her family members.