Heather Charlebois, 42, told the News-Journal she felt a sting and thought a firecracker hit her because puncture in her leg did not bleed.
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The mother-of-four was on the patio of Cafe Da Vinci in DeLand on Saturday at 10.35pm when she felt the pain in her leg and checked it out in the bathroom, but there was little blood.
Four days later, when the pain still hadn’t gone away, she visited a doctor, who ordered an X-ray and found a.38-caliber bullet embedded about 4 centimeters into her thigh, she told WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla.
In the meantime, doctors say the bullet is too close to a major artery in Charlebois’ leg, so they’re leaving it where it is.
“Everyone was telling me it looked like a bullet hole so they wanted me to go to the hospital, so I did”, she said.
Heather Charlebois was enjoying a July Fourth celebration with friends at an outdoor music venue when she heard “a loud pop” she assumed to be a firecracker.
DeLand police said the bullet was fired in the air nearby and landed in the courtyard; no bullet fragments were found at the scene, the station reported.
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‘I feel very fortunate, ‘ she said.
