HBOT - Day 23

Well I was irritable again today. It seems it is taking me a bit to get back into the swing of doing this again. I have been making myself stiff and straight and it is hard to sit, especially when I just want a Mummy cuddle. You can see by my shirt that I am pretty dribbly in there. I like to amuse myself by putting my shirt in my mouth. Stuart did manage to take my blood pressure today after we came out. It's not something that I usually let them do... I have to stay very still, and where's the fun in that !?
My dirty nappies are getting back in the swing of HBOT now! 3 or 4 in one day! Got to love that Mummy!!

Finally, all done!

HBOT - Day 22

I discovered the cold hard edge of the hyperbaric chamber today. I reached out with my left hand and tapped it a few times on my way in. I caught the giggles again today, but then I started to get cranky before we had reached full compression. Stuart released some pressure from the chamber and let me sit for a minute before we continued.
It was pretty non eventful. I tapped around inside my hood all my usual things. I was a little bit cranky and I got a little bit hot in there today I think, my hood started to fog up- normally if this happened we would turn the oxygen off and remove the hood to let the warm air out, but this happened right before the end so we left it on.

The dark circles I get below my eyes from HBOT are back now too. Just waiting for the dirty nappies that come with it!

We said good bye to Stuart and caught the train home. When we were on the train Mummy noticed my left nostril was a little bloody, nothing major, but any surprise like this always gives mummy a bit of a start! Looking back this happened to me on my 4th HBOT session too...  I never did find out the cause and it didn't happen again until today. It is something to monitor when we finish this series of HBOT and are going back for another block of treatments. Just to see if it is connected some how.

This is my brother Corey!

Hello Corey....

Let me give you a kiss!



HBOT - Day 21

Well I am back in the saddle again and yesterday was my 21st HBOT session! I was very happy to be going back to HyperbaricWorx!

When the chamber was pressurising I got a sudden burst of the giggles! It was so contagious that Mummy caught them and then Stuart (who was pressurising us) caught them too! I did my usual tap, tap, tapping around on the inside of the hood. I got a bit restless after a while today - I think Mummy needs to remember to make sure I have a nice full belly before I hop in the chamber. I was a little bit cranky at times and there wasn't anything that could be done for me whilst I had my hood on!

The thing Mummy did forget though - and did not miss mind you - was how hungry this makes me. I was up at 3.15 this morning for two vita brits. This is the quickest and easiest thing for Mummy to get me at this wee hour of the morning!

This is also an interesting piece of information that I have come across too, I do my HBOT at 1.5 ATA :)

Hyperbaric Oxygenation Increases Patients own Stem Cells By Eight-Fold


... 2 hours HBOT at 2 ATA; doubles the patients own circulating stem cells


... 40-60 hours HBOT increases circulating stem cells by 8-fold (800%) !!

If this is true it is no wonder HBOT can do amazing things!

In between HBOT 20 and 21

Well it has been a little while now since I have completed my 20 hours of HBOT and because of the generosity of a special lady (we don't know who she is- But we truly thank you!) I am back to it again!

In the time since I finished my 20 hours of HBOT I have become more alert, my appetite has remained steady and my dirty nappies have really slowed down, sometimes way too much and Mummy has to help me to do one. I have also gained a little sense of humour... like when I bite someone I think it is funny! Not so funny for the person I got my little razor blades into!! But I don't really do that too often now, I have discovered that Daddy's raspberries are funny, which is much better. I can push up on all fours pretty well if someone gives me a tug on the shoulder, and my balance is getting to be so good that when Mummy sits me up I don't fall over straight away. I can sit for a pretty long time! I can even push right up from all fours and kneel or rest on my knees - Not so good with the balance for this one I'm afraid! My elbow propping came as a surprise to Mummy when I did it for the first time. Apparently this is the step I can do before I can sit up on my own! Exciting times!!
Normally I don't use my right arm at all but now sometimes I can stiffly move it as well.
I can swat at the shower curtain and push it to one side with my left arm when I am anxiously waiting to hop in. It is my favourite time of the day! AND most recently I can put my left hand out to do a semi "monkey" on the side of the pool when I am swimming - I LOVE swimming too! I don't support my own weight on my arm of course, Mummy holds me and moves me along, but it is a BIG difference to the clenched up little fists and tight arms that I used to have for monkeys. I have been sleeping pretty well the last few weeks too.

I have also learned that I have a voice! I have a couple of new sounds, no words yet and the monster of all screams!!!

HBOT -Day 20

I have finished my block of 20 hyperbaric oxygen treatments for now. The recommended standard treatment for this therapy is 40 hours (this doesn't mean that you will  be cured in 40 hours, it means that it works best if done in blocks of 40), and I can kind of see why. I have started to notice that my eye sight is getting to be pretty good I think, I can hold my eyes nice and straight to look at things and even to follow them when they move. There is no way anyone can sneak into the room with out me knowing now! Mummy thinks that my pupils seem to be bigger in general now. My digestion is really good too, new and different foods don't seem to bother me as much now and yes, the dirty nappies are still pretty good!

My swimming teacher noticed that I was moving my right arm with excitement in the pool the other day and I am much more vocal than I used to be. I let her know that I am not finished with that pool noodle thank you!

It will  be sad for a while to not go for treatments. Stuart and Paul from Hyperbaricworx are always really happy to see me and excited to hear what I have been up to. But I will be happy for the rest for now. I am sure we will go back for more- hopefully towards the end of the year.

HBOT- Day 18 & 19

Hello Friends! I am getting to be a professional hyperbaric-ee. I hop in and away we go. Everyone has noticed that I have been watching TV more while I am in the chamber. My eye sight seems to definately be better. I only have one more session in the chamber on Thursday 16th June. Then we will wait and see where therapies take me next :)

HBOT, Days 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17

Phew, those last few sessions flew by. Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day!! Some days I cried.... Why do you have to get four 2 year old molars at the same time? It makes me miserable and I just don't want to do anything. Other days it was so good I went to sleep! It is so nice and warm in the chamber and I get cuddles for an hour. Just me and Mummy or me and Daddy.

I seem to have plateaued skill wise. I haven't noticed any new progressions. My eye sight is better than it used to be I think, I am still hungry all the time and the dirty nappies have dropped off slightly. There are still more than before I started this treatment though.

Most of the time I reach 100% oxygen saturation and my heart rate isn't as high as it used to be. I am more relaxed.

I only have 3 more sessions to go and then I will have a break for a while and decide what I am going to do next.

Me and Mummy getting in the chamber...

All settled now and watching tv