{"id":5618,"date":"2025-05-02T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/nieuws\/elly-got-a-firework-in-her-eye\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:07:36","slug":"elly-got-a-firework-in-her-eye","status":"publish","type":"news_pt","link":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/nieuws\/elly-got-a-firework-in-her-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Elly got a firework in her eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-02T12:52:26+02:00\">02 May 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As she always did on New Year&#8217;s Eve, Elly de Lange (61) went outside two years ago to watch the fireworks. Until suddenly something shot into her right eye. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a wonderful evening. After the pandemic, finally a New Year\u2019s Eve just like the old days, with my husband Wim, our sons, my mother, and my youngest sister and her husband. We chatted, watched TV out of the corner of our eyes, and at midnight we toasted the New Year. I was the only one without champagne, because I\u2019m taking diclofenac for my severe back pain, and you\u2019re not supposed to drink alcohol while taking it. Besides, I wanted to be fresh for the MRI scan of my back next week\u2014the one I\u2019ve been waiting for so long. After midnight, we went outside, where fireworks were already going off in full swing. My mother and I sat down on the bench in front of the house, and with my head tilted back, I watched the graceful showers of red, green, blue, and gold stars in the black sky. Until suddenly: bang. Something shot into my right eye. I immediately lost vision in that eye. Shouting that something had gotten into my eye, I ran inside to put a wet cloth on it. My oldest son followed me in and started Googling in the meantime. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t put anything on it,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause you don\u2019t want to put any pressure on it.\u201d Meanwhile, my eye felt really strange, as if it were draining. I had to go to the hospital, and fast\u2014but everyone had been drinking. We called my older sister, who fortunately was able to drive; she picked us up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This article is from: Libelle 54-2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Interview_Libelle_Elly.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Interview_Libelle_Elly.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0171684f-89ba-48a6-b114-4a884634fa77\" href=\"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Interview_Libelle_Elly.pdf\">Interview_Libelle_Elly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Interview_Libelle_Elly.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0171684f-89ba-48a6-b114-4a884634fa77\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elly recently gave an interview to Libelle. Read her story below. &#8220;I&#8217;m realistic: I just had some bad luck.&#8221;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5619,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_daextauttol_enable_tooltips":""},"class_list":["post-5618","news_pt","type-news_pt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_pt\/5618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_pt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_pt"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}