Following is the body of a letter sent to Dr. Harch describing our experience with ‘short cycle’ HBOT and its effect on stem cell therapy. There are open questions about the therapeutic benefit from higher numbers of stem cells but the raw numbers are interesting. I have edited the original letter for clarity and brevity. […]
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is defined as the application of increased pressure and increased oxygen. Normobaric Oxygen Therapy is the application of increased oxygen at atmospheric pressure. Normobaric Oxygen Therapy has the advantage of not requiring a chamber and can be done anywhere breathing oxygen is available. There is now research that indicates that it […]
I was asked what a “dive” is. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is largely an outgrowth of diving medicine. As such, it is filled with diving terms. A single dose – the application and removal of increased pressure and/or increased oxygen – is called a dive – just as the body is subjected to an increase […]
We recently had a family contact us about Drop Foot. Drop Foot is common with brain injury. So are bent wrists. Robert had a wrist and an ankle relax during the first 40 dives at Dr. Harch’s. The other side relaxed during the second round of dives at home. Robert’s relaxed posture is still to […]
Below is a podcast I did with Rick Kauffman of The Drowning Warriors.
We are often asked which therapy or treatment made the biggest difference for Robert. I will answer this below but it is important to know that we agreed, early on, that we were going to throw “everything and the kitchen sink” at healing his brain injury and, hopefully, argue later about what made the biggest […]
Go here for information on equipping and training rural first responders to better address drowning.
There is no hope without Jesus Christ. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. – 1 Cor 1:18 God made Robert’s body and God has the power to restore it. Whether he uses Dr. Harch and HBOT, MNRI […]
The body cannot heal without the correct building blocks. The hospital first proposed feeding Robert a canned milk, sugar and soy based formula. Being ‘foodies’ we requested something better. We were told that the offered formula was fine and that there was nothing else. We put out a plea for help to our circle of […]
While we were in hospital Robert was treated with multiple allopathic drugs. Many were started and stopped in an attempt to find something to reduce his neural storming and hyper-toned (stiff) muscle condition. Some, like Keppra, were given as a prophylactic (just in case). Robert left the hospital on 13 different prescriptions. Some of these […]
