HBOT

Today I visited a hyperbaric oxygen therapy center in South Lyon, MI. This is an FDA approved facility that has given treatments to my young friend, Adam Sanderson.

Adam is the son of Steven and Jamie Sanderson of Sault Saint Marie, MI. Adam suffered his anoxic brain injury 12 days before my beloved Brenna. He has struggled in a broken health care system to recover. Adam came to a nursing home almost 5 hours from home, to receive these valuable treatments. Adam is progressing.

I am convinced that HBOT is critical to the recovery of hypoxic-anoxic brain injury. After talking to the owners of this facility, I understand better how important it is for patients, whose injuries are caused by reduced oxygen or a complete shutdown of oxygen, to receive HBOT in the very early days of the injury.

To me, this makes sense. When the brain injury is caused by reduced or lack of oxygen, why do hospitals avoid using HBOT when a patient is first admitted with a hypoxic or anoxic brain injury. Wouldn’t increasing oxygen to the brain be healing?

The owners of this facility have a young daughter who suffered an anoxic brain injury after a viral infection. After being told their 9 year old daughter would die, the mother sought HBOT for her daughter. The family had nothing to lose. They fought to get her into HBOT. They fought to get insurance to pay the $74,000 upfront money needed. They won.

Today the young lady is not only alive. She is dancing again. She just got her driver’s license. She is a success. Let there be more. Let this country take a serious look at HBOT for healing brains.