Day Two

I posted on Facebook Monday, but forgot to mention Rob on here.  After driving to Edmonton and relaxing for a few days Rob was scheduled to fly home yesterday.  He stayed until then so we had time to check out the area a little bit, but mostly so he could go to the Clinic with us on the first day to get a visual of where we will be spending the next few weeks and meet some of the clinicans that we'll be working  with.

Unfortunately Monday morning Rob woke up with such a bad headache that he couldn't get out of bed without getting so dizzy he had to vomit.  And so he stayed home in bed and the lazyboy for the day.  Whether this was a stress release headache or from dehydration (he was drinking but not as much as normal and being in a dryer climate we had been warned we'd have to drink a lot more at first), or simply a flu bug we do not know.  By the end of the day the dizziness had subsided but he still had tons of pressure in his head.

 

Tuesday morning the alarm went at 4:15 so Rob could get to the airport in time for his 6:50 flight.  Thankfully he was well enough to fly home, it's just unfortunate that he didn't get a chance to go to the clinic.  Matthew's getting pretty handy at using WhatsApp and giving his buddy tours of where he's been, so I guess he's just going to have to show his dad around that way .  The flight went well and Rob spent the rest of the day settling back in at home before starting work again today.  I thought I would get a nice early start to my day but by time I got back to the house at 6:30 all I felt like doing was sleeping, so I gave in and crawled back into bed until 8 am.

For this week, (not sure about future weeks), we are at the clinic from 10:30 - 6:30. So far both days we have been done earlier, but the first week is a lighter schedule because they are still doing testing.  Each day begins and ends with HBOT.

Rebecca and Matthew each not get their own chambers so they can work on building up the pressure that they individually can handle.  They were quite happy with this arrangement as then they could each watch a show they liked instead of having to try find something they both agree on.

Matthew with his mask and blankets on, all snuggly and ready to watch his movie

They both went for a hour and a half in the morning.  I bought a decongestant and they had gum to chew this time and this seemed to help with the pressure. Rebecca was able to get up to the full amount of just under 15 psi, Matthew made it to 5.5 psi and when he came out he said his ears were pretty good and he likely could have gone higher, but they are taking it really slow with him.

Rebecca all ready to go.  They close a glass door for the front part and then place the TV in front of the window, and the speakers are in the chamber.

By time they were done in the chamber it was lunch time.  Lunch and snacks are provided as part of the program and this time they even gave me food and bone broth.  The kids informed me the broth was better this time than on the first day, even so, it wasn't exactly the most delicious thing around.

After lunch it was on to PEMF (Pulse Electomagnetic Field Therapy). This therapy is suppose to enhance the bodies functioning by sending energy waves toward pained areas of the body.   It can be done in different formats and for now they were just laying on a mat.  Normally they will each be doing this separately but because this week involves testing and less treatment they put them together until they have their schedule for next week.  

This room is actually known as the sleep room as that is usually what happens during this therapy.  They are not required to do anything, except they can watch the provided health education video, so often clients end up taking a much needed nap ... and that's just what the kids did, although it didn't last long as a sudden loud noise from another part of the clinic ended up waking them up 😧.

After PEMF/Nap time they had a snack and their dose of bone broth and then some more testing - scans and blood tests

Matthew having a scan done

From there is was on to the infrared sauna, but those pictures are on my camera so they will have to wait for another day.  The day ended with another hour in the chamber and then we headed home.

Tiring day.  Matthew had a power nap on the way home.

Matthew's power nap seemed to help because he still had energy to go biking after supper, which is good to see.

Enjoying the walking/biking trails and the skate park