Wendy,
What kind of szs does Julia have? Or does she have more
than one kind? Is O2 the only thing she is on or does she also
take some meds?
Millie
> It is a perscription for a medical procedure that uses 100% oxygen
> from a tank.... There are units that will convert room air into
> condensed oxygen but it't far from 100%. Most of these units are
> soft chambers and only go to about 1.3ATA (Julia goes to 1.5 which is
> low for a hard chamber). You can rent a soft chamber and not need a
> perscription to get one. Honestly I don't know why oxygen is
> considered a drug but, I can understand the reasons. 100% tanked
> oxygen is flamable, it is not naturally occuring (100% oxygen that
> is). I know there's more but, it's late and I am not thinking
> clearly.
>
> On another hand Julia is doing GREAT she typically has 10 minute
> seizures and today most were seconds long and her longest was a
> whipping 3 minutes and 30 minutes later she had a 1 minute. I think
> total today she had 5 seizures. You have to understand that in July
> Julia was having seizures that were as long as 75 minutes. We had to
> be choosie with the seizures because we could have used diastat
> everyday but,we tried to restrain to once a week. Julia's PT came on
> Monday and was so shocked by Julia she said Julia is a totally
> different kid than she was 3 weeks ago. I am so excited about HBOT I
> will keep you all posted.
>
> Wendy
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Tammy Wolfgram<tammy@maccetera.
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don't understand how oxygen can be classed as a drug.....
>>
>>
>
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