I had a new A/C installed 2 years ago and was very pleased. My electric bills went down and the house temperature was excellent. However, back in April, the A/C stopped working. The repair man was kind and courteous and fixed the problem ... he said it was just a damaged valve on the refrigerant tank, it had been damaged on install and had slowly leaked over the past 2 years and finally ran out.
Ivan had already started to lose weight at this time ... but, it never occurred to me something was wrong or that it had anything to do with the leak from my A/C. Of course hind sight is 20/20 ... Ivan used to lie on the concrete slab behind the unit ... next to the leaking valve.
After few short months later, Ivan suddenly started having very labored breathing and quickly lost from his handsome 20lbs down to 11. When I took him to the animal hospital, his blood work was good, no infection or disease, but the x-rays showed lung damage / edema. He didn't respond to any of the medications, the lung damage was irreversible.
I'm sharing this story with you in hopes you will block off your outside A/C unit from your children and pets. It doesn't matter if your unit is new or old, there could be harmful chemicals leaking that kill! The local home repair store sells a wide variety of portable fencing that won't restrict the unit's air flow but will keep children and pets away.
Always be safe ... and enjoy every day you can with your children, grandchildren and pets!
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