First Day

We arrived at the clinic at 10 am yesterday morning to get started on forms and then Matthew and Rebecca each had a scan done to review how their bodies are functioning.  After eating the lunch that is provided they were then put in the chamber for the first time.

Before treatment they were given instructions on how to help with the pressure in their ears and some safety instructions for if the pressure became too much or something else happened that they need to exit the chamber.  There is someone sitting in the chamber room the whole time to watch them and they are to knock on the window if there are any problem.

Preparing to go in the chamber

Twice a day they go in the chamber for an hour each time, first thing in the morning and at the end of their day.   Later the morning one will increase to an hour and a half in the morning.  The first time they started the pressure they didn't get very far and two panicked kids were knocking on the window because it was hurting their ears too much.  So after that they had to increase the pressure at a much, much slower rate and were only able to bring it up to 3 psi before it was too much for Matthew.  For the last little bit they were able to bring it up to 4 psi.  The goal is to get the pressure up to around 15 psi ... so we have a long ways to go yet.

With their masks on

After their first  HBOT they then had some testing done to determine what vitamins and supplements would be best for each of them.  From there is was on to blood tests and an afternoon snack of bone broth which Matthew especially had trouble getting down 🤢.  He wasn't too keen on the ozone water that followed that either.

Their next "dive", as it is called when you go in the chamber, was done slowly but Matthew still had some problems with the pressure and they had to hold back on going any higher on the pressure and stayed at 3 psi.  Rebecca did fine at that level.

Because of the different ages/sizes of the kids they are questioning how well it is going to work to put them in the chamber together as Matthew's ears are still smaller than Rebecca's and not able to handle as much pressure.  So they decided today they will each go in separate chambers to work them up at their own pace.  Once they are both up to full pressure than they may go back together again.

I currently am without a computer and since I prefer to take pictures on my camera over my phone that means I can't really post many pictures yet, but I did remember to take some on my phone this time so I could at least post a few pictures.

We got home shortly after 6 and both kids crashed on the couch until Marietta had finished getting supper ready.