“I was so embarrassed when I got to the hospital but the doctor told me this happens a lot more than you think,” she said (7/20)

“Flushing it with water did provide a little relief and did release the eye — it had initially been glued shut,” she added.

The car ride to the hospital was a blur of pain, as she said: “That drive to the hospital was the worst pain—it was just burning, on fire, it felt like rocks in my eye.”