Now that we’ve gotten to the point where we’re pretty sure we’re counting Sam’s remaining time on General Hospital down to days, rather than weeks, it’s starting to hit us just how much we’re going to lose when she’s gone.

General Hospital said goodbye to a beloved character on Tuesday and fans were reminded of the eventual departure of Kelly Monaco. Marshall Ashford, played by Robert Gossett, had his going away party on today's episode of General Hospital.

Kelly Monaco filmed her last scenes of 'General Hospital' days before celebrating 21 years in the role of Samantha McCall

The actress, who has played Port Charles' Sam McCall since 2003, confirmed she'd be leaving the show earlier this year.

General Hospital might need to prescribe viewers a sedative. Based on the preview that ABC just dropped for the week of October 21, our blood pressure is going to be skyrocketing. On one end of the canvas,

Back in August, we reported that Kelly Monaco was shockingly fired from General Hospital after playing Samantha (Sam) McCall on the iconic soap opera for 21 years. Now, fans are getting their first look at her final episodes.

It would seem that Sam McCall’s fate is sealed. Kelly Monaco has even finished working at General Hospital. Rumors have started swirling that Cyrus Renault kills her character by injecting digitalis into her IV after she undergoes surgery to donate part of her liver to boyfriend Dante Falconeri’s comatose former wife,