NBC Today Show Anchor Savannah Guthrie has been missing from the air after being hit by a train.

Guthrie called into the Today Show yesterday to explain that her absence this week is due to an eye injury. The morning show co-anchor explained that the injury came while playing with her 2-year-old son, Charley.

"Charley threw a toy train right at my eye, and it tore my retina," she told her co-hosts. "It has a really pointy edge and he threw it right at me."

Guthrie went on to say that she temporarily lost vision in her right eye because of the accident. "It happened last week, actually, and then I lost my vision in my right eye about 24 hours later," she continued. "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 to avoid having to do the whole surgery."

"I really did lose my vision in my right eye. It was so blurry from — not to get too gross — but there was so much blood in my eye that it completely blocked my vision."

Guthrie said that a full recovery is "looking more hopeful" as she is working with her doctors to "weld back" her retina. Still, she remains uncertain about her attendance at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday in New York, which she typically attends with the Today show team.

"I’m actually still hoping I can do the parade tomorrow," said Guthrie. "I’m not supposed to jump up and down because it’s kind of literally hanging by a thread. But I’m very positive because I think it’s going to be OK."

H/T Hollywood Reporter