Homeschooling Fun

WOW !!!
Where has time gone. It has been a while since my last blog, so I thought I better put a little update on.
Anna is almost done with HBOT treatments and school is in full swing. We are trying to get use to K12 for Scarlet, and getting Anna back into a routine as much as possible. This is kind of hard with daily treatment in the middle of the day. But Anna is doing ok spreading things out a little before and a little after treatments (some even done in the tank).
We even went on our first field trip for the year today to Harmon Farms after Anna's treatment. On the way Scarlet said wow that is beautiful (Farm with beautiful old house, pond, animals, etc). We both said I would love to live there. Well we changed our mind after a quick reminder at Harmon's. Lots of dust, sandspurs, and biting bugs are not our thing. LOL
We all got at least a couple of mosquito bites, but I think Scarlet recieved the most. She was whining the whole way home. She is a true drama queen. I do love her dearly.
Oh well I will update more on treatments, and homeschooling later. I am tired and need to finish a few more things before I turn in.

Anna HBOT : UPDATE

7-20-2009 HBOT * Scarlet joined us in the Hyberbaric Chamber. Don't let Anna's face fool you she hops right in and does not seem to mind doing this. She is watching a movie on the DVD player. We usually pass the time with books, Leapster Game, and Movies. The hood is another story we are slowly getting her use to it. When/If she ever does it will have a neck piece to keep it in place. So far her max. is 22 minutes. We are in it for 70 minutes.

HBOT Therapy Begins

It has been a while since I have blogged, so I decided to sit down before treatment this morning to play catch up.

The final test for Anna all came back and she tested very low to no signs of any heavy metal. So we do not have to do the Chelation treatment. Anna's problems are yeast in her gut, bacteria feeding off the yeast and inflammation (restricts air in blood vessels). She is taking a ton of supplements, and vitamins.

We squeezed in a mountain trip to Franklin NC last week and began treatment this past Monday. It was really the best trip I have had in a while. The place was great, and I think everyone had a great time.

No it is Thursday and Anna has had 3 HBOT Therapy treatments so far. She does well hoping inside but does not really like the Buzz Lightyear looking hat they have for her to wear. Dr. Weaver said about 3/4 of his clients do not like to wear them, and he did not see a significant difference in the results either way. I have yet to notice any changes in Anna's speech, but it is early yet. This will be a 40 day adventure, every Monday - Friday.

I am posting pictures of Anna and me in the Chamber.

I sure am glad I am not claustrophobic :o)

1st Allergy Test Back

Well test are slowly coming in. Thanks goodness the test for cat allergies came back *0*, yeah I did not want to tell Scarlet she was going to have to get rid of her best friend. Also dog came back slight allergy, so Penny is staying also. ;o)
Other allergies were a few different types of grass were at the highest level 4 (we don't have in our yard, but neighbors do), so I will have to watch out for when they cut grass not to take her out. Inside dust mites, mold spores (most everyone I know are allergic to these), and Darrell has every modern AC filtration, UV lights, and built in Humidifiers on the house you can think of.
Now for the fun part for some of the normal food allergies, Anna is allergic to :
Dairy
Wheat
Soy
Peanut
Eggs
and slight allergy to
Corn
Shellfish
Fish
Well I guess that will cut her food choices down a bit more than I already was doing. :o(
Dr. Weaver said we will look at the more extensive test that is coming back hopefully next week to see which foods she has more of an allergy to than others. Then we will go from there he will tell me what foods to not give Anna. I think it would be easier to make a list of can haves!!

Supplements Supplements Supplements

Well Anna has been taking the Supplements for about 2 weeks now. It was a slow process adding a new one every couple of days. She now takes 6 in the morning, 4 at lunch, and 4 at supper.
I have noticed that her belly seems to be smaller (Yeast Supplement ? maybe), and she seems to have more energy.
We have the results back for Cholesterol and it was good. So we are still waiting on the rest of the test results.
I will post more when I have more time. It's late and I am trying to get everyone wrapped up for bed. ;o)