Former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano almost lost an eye while shooting for her husband Brendan Rooney’s birthday, The Post reported.
The 40-year-old actress shared a video on Instagram on Saturday showing the injuries to her face, including a large gash under her right eye, after another part “hit her in five places”
In his post, Romano explained that the outing was intended to be a “gift” for Rooney’s birthday
“Then I got shot in the eye. It was not fun,” the “Even Stevens” star said with a shaky sigh at the beginning of the clip.
“I got shot here. It’s still in there,” he continued, pointing to a bullet hole under his eye, which was swollen with blood inside the eyeball.
“There’s a fragment here,” Romano said, tapping the side of his face near his eye. “Here’s a fragment,” Christy added, pointing to a mark on his forehead.
Romano lifted her hair to show another wound on her forehead and said: “We cleaned it up, and I’m so grateful to all the first responders. They are the most amazing superheroes who will take care of us in our most desperate moments.”
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Romano expressed his gratitude for the care he received at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
“This was something really bad tonight,” he said. “Everything is clearing up. But I must say I was shot in the face. And live to tell the tale. Be thankful every day.”
The terrifying moment in Christy Carlson Romano’s life
In the title of his post, Romano went into more detail about the heartbreaking incident on Friday.
“Yesterday was my husband’s birthday and I took him clay pigeon shooting as a present,” she wrote.
“There was another group with us and they shot unsafely in the wrong direction and shot me in the face,” he explained.
The “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” star said her husband “immediately sprang into action, assessed me and rushed me to the hospital. I was hit in five places, one was less than an inch from hitting me directly in the right eye.”
“Unfortunately, a fragment lodged behind my eye and it is too risky to surgically remove at this time. Doctors will continue to monitor me,” added Romano, who noted that he can “see normally at the moment.”
“With everything that happened, all I can think about is how grateful I am to be alive. I love my daughters, my husband, my family and my friends so much.
“I saw my life flash before my eyes and I tell you, hug the people around you whenever you can. Life can change in an instant.”
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Rooney, who is a screenwriter and director, shared a tribute to his wife in the comments section of his Instagram post.
“You are the bravest, toughest, most stoic, toughest woman I have ever met,” Rooney said. “I’m so grateful that you’re alive. I’m so grateful that you’re the mother of our children. I wouldn’t know what to do without you.”
“I love you more than life itself,” she added, with a praying hands emoji.
Rooney also shared the video of his wife on his Instagram story, writing: “Kiss your loved ones” and adding a red heart emoji.
Clay pigeon shooting is an outdoor sport in which inverted circular discs made of limestone and pitch are used as targets and propelled into the air by machines.
The shooters use shotguns and each shot projects hundreds of small lead balls to hit the clay pigeons
In general, sport is not considered dangerous as long as safety measures are followed.