Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller's children treated for carbon monoxide poisoning: 'A terrifying experience'

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Olympic alpine skier Bode Miller and his wife suffered a "terrifying experience" when three of their children were recently hospitalized due to "carbon monoxide poisoning," the couple revealed on social media. 

The incident happened last month when the young children were "innocently" watching work being done at the family home, Morgan Miller revealed in an Instagram post on Friday. 

Bode Miller skis the course prior to downhill training for the Audi FIS Ski World Cup on the Birds of Prey on Dec. 2, 2015, in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

"Two weeks ago, we had a crane at our house to remove our broken hot tub," Miller, a former professional volleyball player, wrote in the post that accompanied a video of the children being treated at the hospital. 

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"Asher, Aksel and Scarlet innocently stood on the front step of our house to watch the action, which resulted in them getting carbon monoxide poisoning due to the lack of airflow in our driveway, landing them in the ER. They were on high flow oxygen for over four hours. It was a terrifying experience but thanking my lucky stars they are okay." 

Miller shared an update the following day, also thanking the hospital staff for their care. 

Morgan Miller greets her husband Bode Miller at the finish during the Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G during the Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on Feb. 16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

"Thank you to everyone for all the love, kindness and well wishes. And a huge thank you to the nurses and doctors for their quick