I had to rush to the hospital when I learned my cousin was in bad shape
I had to rush to the hospital when I learned my cousin was in bad shape
When I learned that my cousin was in the hospital, I was shocked.
It was my brother who let me know and I asked him if our cousin didn’t just move out to live on his own recently.
He really did move out recently to attend college, and that’s what I thought. I asked if my brother knew what happened but he didn’t. I ended up going to the hospital where I was able to meet my brother and other family members. Everybody was worried about my cousin, but we all were relieved when we learned he was going to be okay. We finally learned what happened too. Apparently, he was having issues with his heating system in his apartment. It turned out there was a carbon monoxide leak. Fortunately, my cousin kept the windows cracked to a certain degree and that’s what ended up saving his life. If those windows would have been shut, the carbon monoxide would have been so concentrated and toxic, that he likely would have died. It was an emotional experience when speaking to our cousin who seemed to be entirely out of it and exhausted. We all kept telling him how thankful we were that he was still alive. He laughed and said he probably wouldn’t have died. I guess he was still in denial, but that was fine, so long as he was alright. We’re all talking about a lawsuit right now against his landlord because the heating system is supposed to be kept in safe operating condition, so the lawsuit is going to be inevitable. It makes all of us so angry that the heating system was leaking carbon monoxide, and it seems the landlord didn’t bother to keep up with any maintenance.