12:04 am, we were woken to our Carbon Monoxide detector squealing the four consistent beeps - which, on the alarm says "move from area". Terry and I had two different first instincts - Terry first pulled the battery out of the smoke alarm (??), then stood by the Carbon Monoxide detector and covered it with his hand. I, on the other hand, had been sleeping a bit longer, and am more used to getting up and thinking immediately (due to Dawson's wacky nights), so I went to the detector and read what it said. Then I went over to Dawson to see if he was breathing.
Trying to get my whits together, I returned to Terry to say "Terry, it says we need to leave the area. Get dressed and lets go to the car." Grabbing Dawson's glasses on the way out, we quickly left the house and went to my sister and brother-in-law's a few blocks away. I have to admit I wasn't the most 'on top of it' either, because when we were almost there, I realized I hadn't buckled Dawson into his carseat.
With help from our local gas company, and a 24 hour health number, we got the situation under control. Yes, we did have a level of 0.25 of carbon monoxide in our house. Enough to make us feel weak, think somewhat cloudy, have a stomache ache, headache and unsteady. After some oxygen at our local ER, we were sent home.
God blessed us through this all - Dawson fell asleep at my sister's house almost immediately, and at the ER, was unusually well behaved and calm. We even got about 10 whifs of oxygen from the mask into him! When we returned home, he went to sleep like nothing had happened (quite a change from the 2:15am wake up-and stay up time at my parents last night!)
The obvious question is - What do we learn from this? First of all, buy a Carbon Monoxide detector if you have natural gas in your house - or even without. Our incident was caused by vehicle exhaust from our attached garage. Secondly, replace your batteries at time change in spring and fall. Third, look at the things we brought with us when we knew we needed to leave immediately - and didn't know if our house might catch fire or something from a leak. We brought the members of our family, our wallets, keys and glasses. This tells me that all things which we consider 'important' are not really as important as we think they are. The memory sticks, the electronics, the jewels, the clothes are not all that important. Sure, we'll use and enjoy the material blessings God provides us with, but when it all comes down to it, our family is the very most important thing to us!
Thanks to everyone who helped us out last night - but thanks be to God who protected us and kept us safe through it all! -s
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