Just weeks after being shot in the face, Christy Carlson Romano is coping with humor and gratitude as she moves forward with life.
On Saturday, the 40-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a fun clip, joking that she’s milking her injury to get out of responsibilities and do as she pleases.
She also updated her 765K followers on her condition, revealing that she is ‘feeling more grateful’ after ‘unsafe firing’ of a gun resulted in her sustaining multiple painful injuries.
In the skit, the star joked that she was entitled to eat the final remaining Oreos in the pack because of her suffering. She also quipped that an imaginary car-accident could not be her fault due to her serious injury.
‘It’s been 3 weeks since I got shot in the face and my life has changed profoundly,’ the Even Stevens actress penned in the caption. ‘I am feeling more grateful than I’ve ever felt in my life and I’m healing really well.
‘Every day, to me, is a gift. I used to be so closed off about sharing the things in my life I loved out of fear of being judged. Now I just don’t care.’
Just weeks after being shot in the face, Christy Carlson Romano is coping with humor and gratitude as she moves forward with life; seen November 2024
On Saturday, the 40-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a fun clip, joking that she’s milking her injury to get out of responsibilities
The Kim Possible star revealed that she shocking event has emboldened her to live life more fiercely and fearlessly express herself as she learns to prioritize her happiness.
She added: ‘I’m going to share more about my hobbies, passions, comedy, family, just stuff that I care about. It might be me singing in the car, it might be my obsession with skincare and beauty, or fashion, or cooking, or me just acting like a total weirdo with my husband. If it brings me joy and it’s not hurting anyone, I’m doing it.’
Tagging her husband, actor Brendan Rooney, she penned, ‘Like I told you @thebrendanrooney I got shot, and I’m gonna eat all the damn Oreos, wherever and whenever I want!’
The Echo star sustained the eye injury on Saturday, February 8 while celebrating her husband’s 42nd birthday firing at a clay pigeons at a local shooting range. At one point, a loose round from another party struck her — resulting in her immediately being hospitalized.
In a previous post, the star explained that she had been ‘hit in 5 places, one was less than an inch from hitting me directly in my right eye.’
The Connecticut native — who shares Isabella, eight, as well as five-year-old Sofia with Rooney — added that it is ‘too risky’ to undergo surgery at this time, but she is just ‘grateful to be alive’ following the ordeal.
‘Unfortunately a fragment got lodged behind my eye and it is too risky to remove surgically at this time. Doctors will continue to monitor me (I can see normally at the moment),’ she said.
Carlson Romano concluded: ‘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. 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.’
She also updated her 765K followers on her condition, revealing that she is ‘feeling more grateful’ after ‘unsafe firing’ of a gun resulted in her sustaining multiple painful injuries
In the skit, the star joked that she was entitled to eat the final remaining Oreos in the pack because of her suffering
‘I am feeling more grateful than I’ve ever felt in my life and I’m healing really well,’ she said. ‘Every day, to me, is a gift’
The Echo star sustained the eye injury on Saturday, February 8 while celebrating her husband’s 42nd birthday firing at a clay pigeons at a local shooting range
At one point, a loose round from another party struck her — resulting in her immediately being hospitalized
The Connecticut native — who shares Isabella, eight, as well as five-year-old Sofia with Rooney — added that it is ‘too risky’ to undergo surgery at this time’; seen March 2024
Prior to revealing her injury, the actress asked her fans to pray for her.
‘Asking for prayers tonight. More to come,’ she wrote in her Instagram stories.
In a video shared on social media, the Big Hero 6 voice actor assured her fans she was ‘safe.’
She pointed to the most visible injury but then indicated the fragment behind her eye and another one in her forehead.
