Former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano thought she was going to die after freak shooting accident

Christy Carlson Romano is hoping to preserve her vision after a clay pigeon shooting accident in 2025 left birdshot lodged near her eye, putting her at risk of blindness.“I was peppered with birdshot at about 250 feet away, and I was struck in a fat pocket under my eye, and also in my forehead,” Romano told Fox News Digital.“I still have birdshot behind my eye about a millimeter away from anything critical.

And if it were to move, I would go blind.So we’re hoping that doesn’t happen.”The former Disney child star opens up about navigating childhood fame and toxic relationships in her memoir, “Once Upon a Trainwreck.” She also recounts being struck by birdshot during the outing in Texas.” … I, at one point, thought that I was going to die,” the “Even Stevens” and “Kim Possible” star shared.

” … And when you have children, you can’t help but start to see the world completely differently after an accident like that.”Romano’s husband, Brendan Rooney, was celebrating his birthday when the couple decided to go clay pigeon shooting.“In Texas, it’s quite common for people to be able to do these sorts of things,” Romano said.“And I said, ‘Well, you’re a former Marine.

You’re going to enjoy this.Let’s go do this.’ And unfortunately, there was another part of our party that didn’t choose to be responsible with their firearm and fired too closely in my direction.”Clay pigeon shooting is an outdoor sport in which circular clay targets are launched into the air for shooters to hit with shotguns that fire small pellets.In her memoir, Romano wrote that she collapsed in front of the group and thought, “Am I dead? … Oh God — my girls.”Romano wrote that her vision blurred as a “dark liquid” appeared to spread across her contact lenses.As Rooney and the unidentified shooter, whom Romano described as remorseful, rushed to her aid, she wrote that she looked “up at my husband of over 10 years.

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