B.C. nurse shares tragic story in hopes of preventing carbon monoxide poisoning
CTV
Tragedy struck in June 2020 for nurse Jessica Taschner after she and her partner, Steve, were exposed to carbon monoxide from a propane-operated refrigerator while staying in her family's cabin on the Sunshine Coast.
Tragedy struck in June 2020 for nurse Jessica Taschner after she and her partner, Steve, were exposed to carbon monoxide from a propane-operated refrigerator while staying in her family's cabin on the Sunshine Coast.
Her family later called emergency services. Steve died and she was rushed to hospital in critical condition.
"I was very, very depressed," said Taschner. "This very dark place I was in because I lost the love of my life, I couldn't walk. I wasn't working. It was really hard."
She said her life hasn't been the same since and that she's still recovering nearly three years later. While working to regain her strength, she reminds herself that this is what her late partner would have wanted.
"This is what Steve would have wanted you to do. He would want you to get better. He would want you to go back to work. He would want you to be you again. That was my motivator," she said.
Taschner said she's sharing her story in hopes to protect others from what she went through.
"It could save you everything I've been through – losing someone you love very dearly, having to grieve and do crazy rehab to get back to where you are,'" she said, adding that she's much better now, having been treated at Vancouver General Hospital's Hyperbaric Unit.
