A playful moment took an unfortunate turn for one Facebook user when their puppy accidentally scratched them in the eye. “A short story about how, while playing, our beloved puppy Stella unfortunately and thoroughly scratched me in the eye, or rather, in the living eyeball,” the user Stella Oko wrote on Facebook. “The wound will heal, but the loss of the epithelium on the eye is a hellish pain that I have never experienced in my life… I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”
Oko, who has 5789 likes on her Facebook page, similarly shared that she lives in Abuja, Nigeria and is originally from Ogoja. Oko Stella attended Shoshong Senior Secondary School, according to her Facebook profile.
The incident highlights the unpredictable nature of even the most innocent interactions with pets, a common theme in online sharing and social media engagement. While the injury is expected to heal, the user described the pain as uniquely severe.
