Elko, NV – Assemblyman John Ellison was hospitalized Sunday after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Ellison’s home is one of many that flooded from the Humboldt River this weekend. He and his wife, Cindy, had generators running to power pumps and heaters in the home. The generators were outside, but the carbon monoxide was able to find its way into the house.
Ellison said he believe the carbon monoxide got in through the open basement door.
Ellison’s wife woke him Sunday morning.
I thought I had a migraine, he said this morning.
After he passed out his family took him to the hospital, where he stayed from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday, said his daughter Michelle Mosley.
They released him last night, but he’s still having trouble breathing, so we’re watching him, Mosley said.
After Ellison was released, he and his wife stayed in a hotel.
I haven’t been that sick for a long time, he said.
Power to the southside neighborhood was shut off Saturday because of safety concerns related to the rising water.
Basements of apartment houses in the area and the Assembly of God Church are under about seven feet of water, he said.
Ellison said his home, which is near Southside Elementary, still has about three feet of water in the basement.