April 6, 2025
Today has been a heavy, emotional day physically and mentally. I thought I was just feeling off yesterday, maybe needing some rest. I had a pounding headache, nausea, and just this overwhelming feeling of being unwell. At first, I brushed it off… until I started smelling gas in the house.
I asked my daughter if she noticed anything, and she didn’t smell it at first. But later in the evening, after leaving and coming back, she walked in and immediately said, “Wow, this house smells like gas.” Nothing was turned on no stove, nothing burning. Just this heavy, lingering smell.
That’s when I knew something wasn’t right. I called maintenance, and they came in and confirmed it strong gas smell throughout the place. They shut everything down immediately. But by that time, I had already been exposed to it all day. The symptoms started making more sense.
As the night went on, I got worse. The gas exposure had clearly affected me, and I ended up needing emergency services. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where they gave me IV fluids, medications, and ran tests to help clear things out of my system. I’m running on maybe four hours of sleep, and we had a lot of people out here emergency responders, gas company workers, trying to figure out what happened and to make sure it’s finally safe again.
It was terrifying.
And I would never wish that kind of fear or sickness on anyone.
So if you ever smell something off, even if it seems small or you're unsure trust your gut. I didn’t act right away, and it could’ve ended a lot worse. I’m still feeling the effects, still processing everything that happened, and still exhausted. But I’m here, and that’s what matters.
Take care of yourselves and your space. You never know what might be quietly going wrong until it becomes impossible to ignore.
With love,
Trish