Early this morning, the carbon monoxide alarm sounded a warning in the guest bedroom (soon to be little Samuel's nursery once we move him out of our bedroom). Paul's mother is staying in there right now. Michele woke Paul up and he called the
Rochester Fire Department. They came out but could find no traces of it. The alarm we have is probably close to ten years old, so it was a good reminder to go out and buy new ones. The firemen believed the alarm warning is due to it being really old. They were kind enough to lend us a carbon monoxide alarm to use overnight (in the picture below...the one with the digital display). A couple of years ago, we put in this
heater so it should be ok. Our gas water heater is fairly new and all our other appliances are electric.
But it's best to be safe.
This evening Paul and his father will go to Paul's favorite store
Wal-Mart to buy a new carbon monoxide alarm...one with a digital display so it will show the highest recorded level (something that is very useful to the firemen). Given little Samuel's small size this is a serious issue we need to be wary of. Oh, and we better remember to return the alarm the fire department lent us!
The alarm lent to us by the fire dept. on the left and our
very old alarm on the right.
