Carly Pearce rushed to ER with injury from ranch dressing bottle
She should’ve known better.
Country music star Carly Pearce, 35, was rushed to the emergency room this weekend after she accidentally cut her thumb open with a bottle of ranch dressing following a concert in Holmdel, NJ.
The “Every Little Thing” singer detailed the startling incident in a TikTok video shared on Saturday, Aug. 9.
“Get ready with me with one hand,” Pearce joked while putting on makeup. “So, last night, I was getting ready to eat dinner after my show, and I went to open a bottle of ranch dressing that was a glass bottle.”
“When I went to open the bottle of ranch, it snapped off and a piece of glass cut my thumb,” she said.
At first, Pearce didn’t think that it was too bad a cut. But after getting her thumb checked out by paramedics, she learned that it was deeper than she realized.
“All of a sudden, I thought that ketchup was running down my hand, and it actually was blood,” the “Truck on Fire” hitmaker continued. “We had a few paramedics on-site at the show, so we decided just to have a look at it, and they told me I needed a few stitches.”
“What I didn’t know was that the ride to the ER would be in an ambulance, and it’s policy that the patient has to sit on the stretcher and be strapped in,” she added.
After sitting for an X-ray and receiving her stitches, Pearce returned to her home in Nashville, Tenn.
But life for the “Next Girl” singer hasn’t been easy without the use of her right hand.
“I’m kind of figuring out how to do things, not the way that I would,” Pearce said while applying foundation and eyeliner to her face. “My assistant almost had to shave my left armpit because I didn’t think I could reach it.”
“It is interesting trying to figure out how to do these normal things, like pull your pants up after you pee,” she added.
Pearce is currently scheduled to perform at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Thursday night.
Although she usually holds her microphone with her right hand, the “Should’ve Known Better” songstress is confident that she can still perform without a hitch.
“The moral of the story is be careful when you’re opening up things,” Pearce concluded her video. “And don’t go, like my mother says I do, like a bull in a china cabinet.”
Earlier this year, Pearce revealed that she was diagnosed with a heart condition called pericarditis.
The Grammy winner detailed her “intense” symptoms during an appearance on “Today” back in January.
“I had a really debilitating chest pain that was only relieved if I bent over like this, and that’s a classic symptom of pericarditis,” she explained at the time.
“And then when you lay back, it gets way worse because that wall is kind of inflamed around your heart,” Pearce continued. “I just had a really intense shortness of breath, almost having to suck through a straw.”
The “What He Didn’t Do” singer also revealed that she has lived with the heart condition for five years.
“I’m doing better. I’m healthy, I’m trying to find my new normal,” she shared. “I have what’s called recurrent pericarditis. I’ve had several flares since 2020.”
Pearce shared another health update in March during an interview with Fox News Digital.
“I’m doing a lot better,” she told the outlet. “I’m still on a health journey in general to continue to hope that this recurrent pericarditis isn’t recurrent.”
“My biggest piece of advice for anybody is: Listen to your body, and be your own advocate,” Pearce concluded. “A lot of doctors dismissed me, and I was persistent until I got a diagnosis.”
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