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Christy Carlson Romano said she feared she would die after birdshot struck her face during a February 2025 clay pigeon shooting outing in Texas.

A pellet remains about a millimeter from critical tissue behind her eye and could blind her if it moves, but doctors determined that removing it would pose an even greater risk to her vision.

The former Disney star recounts the accident and her time on Even Stevens in her memoir, Once Upon a Trainwreck .

Christy Carlson Romano had a brush with death during a February 2025 shotgun sport incident that nearly left her blind.

The former Disney actor recalled the incident in a new interview with Fox News , explaining that, at the time, she was celebrating her husband Brendan Rooney's birthday in Texas during an outdoor clay pigeon shooting event.…