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Savannah Guthrie will still host Thanksgiving Day coverage, despite eye injury

Savannah Guthrie called in to the “Today” show Wednesday to discuss a recent eye injury following an incident with son Charley’s toy train, though she will still be able to participate in NBC’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade coverage, a source told Page Six.

“Charley threw a toy train right at my eye and it tore my retina,” the 47-year-old co-anchor began.

“It happened last week, actually, and then I lost my vision in my right eye about 24 hours later, and then it turned out to be kind of serious. They were afraid my retina would detach. They told me to just take it easy and they’ve been doing a bunch of laser procedures, trying to avoid having to do the full surgery,” she continued.
Guthrie also expressed her gratitude for the doctors, who’ve “been so careful with me.”
“I really did lose my vision in my right eye,” she said, adding, “It was so blurry from, not to get too gross, but there was so much blood inside the eye that it completely blocked my vision.”

Guthrie also said the doctors are “essentially trying to weld back this tear in the retina very carefully, and really trying hard to avoid the retina detaching.”

“It’s looking more hopeful,” she said.

During Guthrie’s call, Dr. Natalie Azar, an NBC News medical expert, also elaborated on the condition.
“Her vision loss is really apparently just from this vitreous hemorrhage, not hopefully from any detachment,” Azar explained. “Hopefully that blood will resorb and she will regain full vision.”
“I’m not supposed to jump up and down or anything because it’s kind of literally hanging by a thread,” Guthrie says. “I’m very positive because I think it’s going to be okay.”

Guthrie shares son Charley, 2, and daughter Vale, 5, with husband Michael Feldman.

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