Fans of former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano were shocked to learn that over the weekend, she was rushed to the hospital after a tragic accident involving her husband.
According to Fox News, Romano nearly lost an eye after an incident involving shooting clay pigeons with her husband, Brendan Rooney, during his birthday party.
The situation must have been quite frightening, as an Instagram video she published showed the extent of injuries to her face and eye after she was "hit in five places" by "another party."
The shocking picture shows Romano's eye with a small hole right underneath it, showing just how close she was to permanently losing it.
Romano apparently attended the clay pigeon shooting event as a birthday outing with her husband. Typically, such events go off without a hitch, but sometimes accidents happen.
"Yesterday was my husband’s birthday and I took him to shoot clay pigeons as a present. There was another party with us and they unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face. @thebrendanrooney immediately sprung into action, assessed me, and rushed me to the hospital. I was hit in 5 places, one was less than an inch from hitting me directly in my right eye," she wrote on Instagram.
At the beginning of the video clip, Romano can be heard saying, "So, I got shot in the eye. It was not fun."
"So, I got shot in the eye. It was not fun," she said, adding," There's a fragment here." She tapped her face to show where the injury occurred and where the fragment was lodged.
"I'm very grateful to first responders as a whole. I mean, they're just the most amazing superheroes to take care of us at our most desperate times," Romano added.
Christy Carlson Romano ‘shot in the eye’ during clay pigeon shooting outing with her husband for his birthday https://t.co/yw8zCVMNvJ pic.twitter.com/sRGXE9BO2x
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Romano told her fans that she felt lucky to be alive after the shooting, noting that felt it could have gone much worse and ended in tragedy.
""With everything that happened, all I can think about is how grateful I am to be alive. I love my daughters, husband, family, and friends so much," she said.
Romano added, "I saw my life flash before my eyes and I’m telling you, hug the people around you every chance you can. Life can change in an instant."
Thank goodness that fragment didn't go slightly higher, or else this would be an entirely different story.
