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I am a mother of an non verbal Autistic 4 year old named Ethan. I am recovering him from Autism biomedically and I am almost completly successful.I learned about Hyperbaric chambers for the treatment of Autsim during my endless and ongoing Google research but found no clinic willing to use it as an off lable treatment where we lived.I attended an Autism Biomedical Conference in march 2010 with a Dr. speaking on Hyperbaric treatment and Autism and I was sold ,the science was solid. Ethan would have this, but where to get the treatment? The Dr. speaking on the topic had a clinic and treated Autism but she was in Vancouver, BC and us in Calgary Alberta. Ethan would need 60 treatments at $120 each plus travel, lodging and meals. I needed to happen, but how would it all happen? During the conference break I met a rep from Oxyhealth and mild hyberbaric chamber oxygen therapy became my new buzz word. Back home to more research, a home loan and two weeks later we have our Vitaeris 320 Hyperbaric chamber in Ethan’s room. Ethan ‘s had a lot of trouble pressurizing in the chamber, simply could not do it and I thought that the therapy would be all for not. More research into why he couldn’t pressurize himself, more Dr. appointments and phone calls to the hyperbaric conference Dr. in BC only to find his sinuses under chronic inflammation and his ear tubes completely blocked. It was very rare to see this but it was fixable if Ethan could handle having homeopathic spray up his nose three times a day. Hard for any four year old let alone an Autistic one. He would not tolerate the nose spray and decongestants were not the answer. Back to the research drawing board. Then I got a call back from a Naturopathic Dr. We had been on his mind. I think he was curious to see if hyperbaric actually worked on someone. He thought he might have a solution for Ethans problem, a homeopathic remedy called ” Euphorbium” made by Heel. It treats chronic sinusitis and reduces the catarrh of the the Eustachian tubes, and it was in a drop form to include into his drinks three to four times a day. No more nose spray! we started it and with in two weeks his nose started running and the build up in his ears started coming out in gross amounts. It was working. Ethan was feeling better too! it took six months to clear his ears. Every cold or virus would set us back but I was determined that hyperbaric would happen. Ethan was ready just before the 2011 New Year and in we went. I made sure he was hungry I took in his lunch in with us to keep him swallowing and pressurizing. It worked! we dove for two hours and Ethan came alive while we were in there watching Netflix on his ipad and using his ABA apps! singing, smiling and pointing out everything of interest in his favorite cartoons. He was even a little hyper when we got out and his dad noticed how happy and lively he was after the treatment. Ethan slept that night better than he had since I had brought him home from the hospital. He was going to be able to do the treatment! Now to get the oxygen concentrator for the hyperbaric to make sure we are getting the most out of the treatment. Ethan as of jan 7th 2011 has done 9 consistent air only treatments in the mild hyperbaric chamber and is making improvements. His oxygen concentrator is on its way from the USA and we can not wait to see how more treatments with a higher oxygen count will make. I have to say that even though these treatments are for Ethan I am loving the treatment too. My head is so clear and I have more energy. I’ll need it to keep up with Ethan!
Hi,
My name is Annie. I am the mother of an eleven year old girl who at the age of 9 mths. old was diagnosed as having had a stroke. The neurologist said she had either suffered the stroke in utero or shortly after she was born. Had it not been for the fact that she was always moving in her sleep we would have never questioned her behavior. I worked outside the home up until four days before she was born. I have since questioned myself about working while pregnant. Along with my improper nutrition.
Anyway she arrived about two to three weeks before the due date. Immediately things started to happen. We probably spent more time in emergency than we did at home. She would never sleep.She was constantly moving. She was also moving a lot during the pregnancy.She stopped moving one night a few days before she was born but I did not think much about it. If I had known then what I know now. I would arrive at my job and people would come up to me to feel my stomach because she was so active. At the time I thought it was cute. Little did I know she had nerve damage. After so many visits to the hospital they decided to do a MRI and or an EEG or both. The results revealed that she had suffered a stroke. Not news we wanted to hear. At the time they were not able to determine the extent of damage. She never crawled. At 15 mths. she started to walk .she had been trying to talk months prior to her walking. At that time her father commented that he started walking at about 7 mths and I believe that I was walking and trying to talk at about the same age. We knew that there were things going on with her and we were happy at any progress we noticed. The other change that we noticed was that she would learn something new and was not able to retain it. This manifested with her speech more than anything else. One week she is speaking clearly and the next week she can’t pronounce it correctly.
At the age of three years old Bianca was diagnosed with Global Apraxia. Something her father and I had never heard of. For people who have never heard of Apraxia, It is pretty much the same thing as Aphasia. There is Apraxia of speech, but she has Global Apraxia which extends way beyond her apeech. She had problems with fine motor, gross motor and speech and language. With all of the motor skills issues she had to have physical, occupational and speech therapy. She has always been a very active, go getter type of kid. Miraclelously she learned to ride a bike when she was about six years old . She loved a lot of motion and activity. Always moving.Another good thing is that she only needed about two years of physical therapy, but she still requires o.t. and speech and language.
I also want to share that she started having seizures at the age of three.From the age of three thru six she was hospitalized severel times for seizures. Thie seizures scared the pants off of me because unfortunately I did lose a 27 yr. old niece to a seizure in 1997. The seizures was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I just couldn’t take anymore. I knew that I had to find some way to help my child.I started doing research and was pretty amazed at the results that I was finding. I started her on co-co nut oil. Immediately she stopped moving so much and was able to get a good night of sleep She was taking depakote and keppra to control the seizures.The doctors even put her on ritalin to make her be still The ritalin lasted very shortly because I did not like seeing her spaced out and unable to eat. Her father and I strongly believe that ritalin caused her to have one of the seizures that almost took her life. She suffered seizures that was so severe that she had to be put on a ventilator. Bianca has been on two or three different types of therapies that did not help her very much. Along with research I was praying. I knew there was something out there to help Bianca. Back in 2008 she started on a supplement called Speak for her Apraxia. In the begining we thouhght we saw an improvement in her speech. I guess it was wishful thinking because six months later we knew there was no improvement in speech or intellect.
The day I called the Apraxia organization to inform them that we would no longer be interested in continuing the therapy with this supplement was the day the Lord answered my prayers. The operator who I spoke with told me that she heard they were getting good results with hyperbaric therapy. I immediately purchased the book The Oxygen Revolution, written by Dr. Paul Harch. For the next few months that book became my bible. I knew hbot would help Bianca. We purchased a chamber in August of 2010. So far Bianca has had about eighty treatments and I must say I see improvements across the board. I feel she has more work to be done, but I know hbot is to credit for her reading. We have been reading all of her life with very little progress. We just had an IEP meeting a few days ago with her teachers. Bianca is a beginner reader and she is vey excited. Her teachers have given very positive reports in her overall progress.
I could stand on top of the world and yell to evreyone that hbot is the best news I have heard about since my daughter was born.I am so happy for her and for us I really could cry, and eventually I will. Any parent who watched their child cry themself to sleep because they want to learn how to read knows what I am talking about. I also know how dificult it is to get this service for our kids. When Bianca started hbot we had to drive all the way to Arlington, MA. It would take half a day to get there and get back home. We do have a clnic fifteen minutes away from our house, but who can afford $200.00 per seeeion.? With her needing so much hbot there is no way we would have been able to afford it. I know there are a lot of parents in the same situation It’s too unfortunate that we live in a society where they are happy to medicate our kids and not seek other options. As a matter of fact she had a neurologist who refused to talk to me because I was against them giving her a lot medicine. He would talk to her father. That was just fine because I was about ready to slam dunk him anyway. So instead I changed her doctor.I know that her insurance doesn’t cover hbot , but at least this neurologist is open minded.
I hope that this story is motivating and inspiring to parents dealing with a child with a learning disability or any other type of disability. I also wish I had enough money to purchase a chamber for any child who needs it.
Sincerely,
Annie