February 8, 2007 - It was as close a call as you can get, and live to tell the tale. Back from the hospital Wednesday afternoon, the Wilsons, an Ohio family of five, faced the reality of having been poisoned by a lethal dose of carbon monoxide from a broken furnace.
A check of the family's old carbon monoxide detector mistakenly showed it was working, but still Alyson Wilson knew something wasn't right.
The family's new carbon monoxide detector started going off right away. The fire department showed up and told the family to get out.
For now, the Wilsons are relying on a kerosene heater until a new furnace can be installed. The carbon monoxide detector that saved them now has to be replaced because it became so saturated with the high carbon monoxide levels in their home. [and that's because they had one of those $40 or $50 CO detectors...if you buy a better carbon monoxide detector in the beginning, you don't have those saturation problems, saving you from having to replace the whole detector over and over again. Check out the Pocket CO from www.transducertech.com, no saturation problems, and they even have a 2 year warranty on the whole instrument.]
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