Our old fridge was apparently leaking the refrigerant & it made me sick - I had come home after working & gone to sleep upstairs in our split level, not realizing the odd odor was the lighter-than-air refrigerant.  I had to get up at noon & had a whopping headache when I did. Took a couple of aspirin & went back to bed & woke up to the alarm at 2:30.  By the time I got up the headache was severe & my vision looked wavy, like when you look across a hot parking lot in 90+ degree heat.  I ended up calling in sick to work, but when DH came home, he recognized it for a leak & after an hour outside of the house, the headache was backing off & I was feeling better. 

DH & I decided to replace it with an energy star fridge from Sears, same size & type. Since the headache day, we have kept the windows open regardless of the weather.  The fridge was just delivered today.  I will sleep better tonight than I have for a week, & I am pleased to have the energy star appliance.

  Wow .. that sounds really scary.   I hope you're feeling better .. and that the fridge is finally out of there!

Oh my goodness! How scary! Glad you are all right. Your electric bill will probably be cheaper with the newer, energy-efficient fridge, too.

What a blessing your DH knew what was wrong!

 Thank the L'rd that you were OK and DH had wisdom about the problem. Babs

 It WAS pretty scary when I realized what could have happened.  If I hadn't had to get up twice to the alarm, I might never have woken up. Thank heavens DH recognized it & gotme out of the house.

I do like the energy star fridge.  The space in the door has bins instead of shelves & it seems to use the space better.