This image released by ABC shows host Robin Roberts, center, with her sister Sally-Ann Roberts, right and ABC News' Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)
Updated: Thursday, 30 Aug 2012, 11:46 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 30 Aug 2012, 11:46 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Roberts has said goodbye to ABC's "Good Morning America," but only for a while.
The "GMA" anchor made her final appearance Thursday before going on medical leave for a bone marrow transplant.
Roberts' departure was first planned for Friday, but she told viewers she chose to exit a day early to visit her ailing mother in Mississippi.
In June, she first disclosed that she has MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease. She will be hospitalized next week to prepare for the transplant. The donor will be her older sister, Sally-Ann Roberts, who was on hand for Thursday's emotional send-off.
There's no timetable for when Roberts will be back at "GMA," but she promised she'll return "as soon as I can."
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