The tank on the right is the Hyperbaric Chamber that Jake is in daily. The chamber was designed and Jakes treatment is being overseen by Bob Sands a Hyperbaric veteran of 34 years who is also the person who designed the chamber. The chamber takes Jake down to 2.2 ATM (Atmospheres) for 90 minutes. This gives Jake 14 times the normal amount of oxygen he would normally get without the therapy. The oxygen serves to heal and reduce the edema (swelling) which we believe is causing a majority of Jakes issues. While Jake is in the chamber he has a lot more energy and is a lot more alert. Currently he is still having difficulty walking since he got back from India and caught the bug which landed him in the hospital with dehydration. We are now fighting exhaustion and weakness, with the exhaustion keeping him in bed more which seems to be reducing his muscle strength. On the bright side, no headaches, no vomiting and no seizures which leads me to hope that the tumors are still under control. We will know more after Dec 30th which is his next MRI. I still am hopeful to return to Bangalore for final treatment in January or February depending on his strength and the MRI results.
We were very fortunate to meet Carson Cloyd, a young man fighting leukemia who has done remarkably well with the Hyperbaric treatments. His Dad Roger Cloyd and Wife Kathylyn Ignacio MD have begun to form "Club Carson" which is helping us pay for a huge portion of Jakes hyperbaric treatments.
See the link about Carson:
http://www.cbs8.com/features/healthcast/story.php?id=144226
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