Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complicated by Cyanide Poisoning
Clostridial MyonecrosisGas gangrene
Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome, & Other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
Decompression SicknessThe “bends”
Nhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
Exceptional Blood LossAnemia
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
OsteomyelitisRefractory
Radiation Tissue DamageOsteoradionecrosis
Skin Grafts & FlapsCompromised
Thermal Burns
Testimonials
AprilOur 5 year old daughter’s speech was quite limited prior to hbot. Her vocabulary increased dramatically around the second week of treatment. I noticed she was imitating, singing & repeating a lot of new words. During her second week she said “oxygen” which was out of this world. April is a child w/ severe apraxia which means that she has a great deal of difficulty conceptualizing, planning, & carrying out motor action. April’s speech has become freer & clearer & we are certain that hbot had everything to do w/ this amazing breakthrough. Our hbot experience was so pleasant & effective that we are excited about having our second set of treatments. We have always believed that her recovery & healing were at our grasp. Hbot was the vehicle needed to expedite that healing. She continues to shock us everyday not just w/ one word, but also w/ a sentence here & there. Hbot rocks! And it worked for april. We will forever be eternally grateful to gracie for being the inspiration that shannon & brian pridmore needed to create & build charlotte metro hyperbarics. We now can hear our little girl’s voice & we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this gift that you have given to us
BaileeBailee elizabeth masters was born 10 weeks early, weighing only 2.5 pounds, & was in the nicu for over 5 weeks. She was diagnosed w/ cerebral palsy near her first birthday. Bailee has significant motor delays as well as some cognitive delays. Now 21 months old, bailee has shown great improvements w/ her hbot. After her 1st round of treatments at charlotte metro hyperbarics we are more than happy w/ her results. Although she isn’t 100% independently sitting, her head, neck & back muscles are so much stronger. She is sitting very well & she has rolled over countless times since hbot. She is using her left hand & arm (which was very limited before) & seems to interact & connect better w/ her surrounding. Bailee is also scooting, or as we call “worming” across our floor on her back to get to the dog so she can pet them. She loves to play & interacts so much more w/ the people & the world around her. She jabbers all the time telling us countless stories in baby talk. Her improvements may be small to some, but they are the world to us! We are very excited about her progress & cannot wait to come back to charlotte for more treatments. The staff was absolutely wonderful! They were very supportive & make you feel like family while you are there. You can tell they all really care about their patients & that they love being able to bring this wonderful treatment to as many people as possible
BrendaAfter 80 treatments, i had very mixed emotions. I could hardly express my gratitude for not only the treatments, but how much i appreciate the love & care i always felt from the staff. What a journey! Only god could have led me to cmh when i was facing a fourth occurrence of cancer & chemo for a second time. I was scared to have chemo in america, wondering if i could survive the chemo side-effects. “By accident”, i was led to hbot to work w/ my chemo treatment. Not only were most of the side-effects minimized, but i am now cancer free. I really believe the hbot saved my life! There are no words to express what they did not only for me, but my family, too. I believe in my heart that their treatment center is literally “a higher calling”, not just a business. I respect & admire all of them so much may god bless you richly! Love, brenda
Dom & JuliaDom is a handsome, happy, 9-year-old boy & julia is a beautiful, happy, 9-year-old girl. Dom & julia were born at 27 weeks & considered as micro-preemies. Dom’s birth weight was 1 lb. 7.3 Oz. He was born w/ premature lungs, which caused extreme illnesses throughout his life. Dom has cerebral palsy that affects him physically & not mentally. He is non-verbal & working on getting speech. Dom uses a wheelchair & walker. He loves to walk & jump. Julia’s birth weight was 1 lb. 15 Oz. She contracted meningitis in the nicu & had several abscesses in her brain. She now has a vp shunt & is adhd & is on the autistic spectrum. Julia is ambulatory but is mentally impaired. We are grateful to gracie’s hope for helping us pay for dom & julia’s first set of dives at the charlotte metro hyperbarics center. Since the visits to the chamber, dom has verbalized more & is starting to commando crawl. Dom seems more alert in school & has more energy to do his never-ending therapy sessions. Julia has been able to focus more in school & handle several step tasks. We are very inspired by the people who own & run gracie’s hope & charlotte metro hyperbarics. This family is very special. We are looking forward to more dives & more improvements
GracieGracie was born on april 25, 2002 in charlotte, n.C. she was an irritated baby who cried most of the time. At four months of age she was diagnosed “dd” or developmentally delayed. At twelve months she was diagnosed w/ pvl/cp. Within the following two years she had diagnoses of pervasive developmental disorder (pdd), mental retardation, & more. It is possible that gracie has other unknown debilitating disorders, so she continues to be evaluated. At the age of three, gracie was unable to sit or crawl. When brian & shannon had exhausted every possible traditional therapy, they were left w/ the same answers so many other families are left with; there is nothing we can do. Not wanting to accept this answer they began to research non-traditional treatments. They stumbled across a therapy called hyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot) & decided to give it a try
MirandaWe researched facilities across the country before choosing charlotte metro hyperbarics for our 1-year-old daughter, miranda. We couldn’t be more pleased w/ our decision. The center is convenient & state-of-the-art. The staff was so professional, understanding, & accommodating we felt like part of the family. Miranda’s pt & ot were skeptical of our decision to pursue hbot for her “global developmental delays” that have stumped specialists from new york to boston. When we returned home 20 days later, both therapists were converts. Miranda’s physicality & cognition had advanced to such a degree they described her as a “different baby”. The goals they had set for her going forward had been met by the time we returned from north carolina. Many challenges lie ahead for miranda, & already we’re considering the potential for another round
PamelaI was diagnosed w/ primary sclerosing cholangitis when i was 25 years old. After i’d suffered for 15 years w/ disabling weakness & intense pain, my husband, jay, heard about hbot. Having seen numerous doctors & specialists in the us & europe, & also having also tried so many other alternative treatments w/ no change, i loathed using what little energy i had to try one more. My pain increased significantly every time the barometric pressure changed, so i was concerned that the pressure from the hyperbaric chamber would make my pain worse. Jay talked w/ the staff at charlotte metro hyperbarics, & they sent us information & did whatever they could to reassure me. I finally, reluctantly & skeptically, agreed to try it. I had 20 treatments & was amazed at the increase in energy i experienced from the first treatment to the last. They increased the pressure in the chamber gradually w/ no negative effects. The staff made the experience as easy & comfortable as possible. We were truly blessed to meet them. They’re amazing, caring, & wonderful people. I plan to come back as soon as possible for more treatments. I’m willing to talk w/ anyone about my experience as an adult receiving hbot. Just contact the staff for my number
SaraWhen my daughter was 9 years old, she presented w/ a distended gut, joint pain, stomach aches & headaches. Her pediatrician said that this was most likely due to ‘growing pains’. After 2 years of listening to my pediatrician & waiting for her to outgrow these pains, i decided to do an igg elisa food allergy panel in 2006. i discovered that she was sensitive to over 30 foods including gluten, soy, dairy, corn & rice, to name a few. When we eliminated these foods from her diet & added digestive enzymes, her symptoms decreased, but she still had stomach aches & headaches. In april of 2008, she did hbot treatments w/ my son for the entire month. She asked to have her food allergies re-tested, so we repeated the igg elisa panel. The results were dramatic. But more importantly, she is now able to eat many of the foods that she was sensitive to, w/ no stomach aches! We truly feel that the hbot treatments addressed her inflammatory issues associated w/ her food sensitivities. For my daughter, this has meant that she is now able to eat socially whether it is at a restaurant w/ family or a sleep over at a friend’s house
SharonWe were skeptical about hbot & put it off for a year until we finally decided to give it a shot when our daughter was almost 3 & a half. She suffered a stroke from delivery which resulted in right hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy which paralyzes the right side of her body. Our greatest hope for hbot was that it would help w/ our daughter’s speech which is severely delayed. We were completely amazed at the physical improvements that took place almost immediately upon starting the treatment! We signed up for 40 sessions. After the second one she was walking, hopping, & dancing without her braces on. After the 4th session she was complaining of pain in her right side as feeling came back into her arm. This went on for days & she began to use her right arm in ways she had never done before & continues to do so now. After 10 sessions we noticed obvious changes in her speech & continue to see very significant improvements every single day. Our only regret is that we didn’t do hbot sooner. We truly believe that we would have seen even more improvements if we had brought her in as young as possible. And we can’t say enough for the staff. They literally became our family away from home, making us feel welcome every time we walked in the door & showing such interest in our daughter. Our daughter absolutely loved the center & looked forward to going, especially if she got a chance to play w/ the other children who were there! Thanks charlotte metro hyperbarics
ShepSince starting hyperbaric treatments w/ my 4 year old son shep, he has made some tremendous strides! After 10 treatments, he started using full sentences for the first time. Before any treatments, shep could barely hold onto a crayon & could not draw a straight line. By the end of his 40 treatments, he was not only holding a crayon, but he was drawing legible pictures & letters. He even started writing words! Shep has started to participate more in school, talking more w/ his peers & teachers, stands up taller when in his walker & seems to be a happier child. We owe this all to the treatments & folks at charlotte metro hyperbarics. The staff of the center provides a family friendly place that which my son was excited to go every day. Everyone at charlotte metro hyperbarics has a special place in my entire family’s hearts – especially shep’s. We look forward to more treatments in the future w/ continual improvement
StevenSteven was born a normal, healthy baby who met all of his developmental milestones. Three months after his mmr he became slightly irritable, rocked his head back & forth, & spun in circles. Six months after his mmr, steven lost his ability to speak & communicate, he screamed most of the time, would spin objects, limited his diet, became very sensory seeking, put everything in his mouth, couldn’t tolerate anyone who would come into our home, & he drifted into his own world, a world of complete silence. I lost my son. Although we had steven evaluated, & had him receiving therapy since the age of 2-1/2, he was not formally diagnosed w/ autism until the age of 6. it was at that time we began biomedical treatment for steven. This included the gf/cf diet, treating his gut inflammation & yeast, giving vitamin & mineral supplementation, along w/ natural chelation. We also utilize an ionic foot bath & infra red sauna to aid in his chelation. In april of 2008 we did 36 hbot treatments. The results were amazing. His therapists noted a dramatic increase in eye contact, social skills, cognitive ability, vocabulary & speech, & fine motor skills. We are currently receiving an additional 41 hbot treatments & look forward to the gains that steven will achieve. We truly believe that hbot gave steven the most benefit of any treatment we pursued in our son’s recovery. We are very grateful to the lord for all of his provision for our family & to charlotte metro hyperbarics & their awesome staff
ZacharyOur family could not be more pleased w/ hbot treatments at charlotte metro hyperbarics. We first learned about hbot because of our son zachary. Zach had a tbi (traumatic brain injury) at two months of age in january of 2006. we live in fort mill, sc so the clinic is a reasonable distance. Doing the treatments is a commitment so distance was a consideration. We could not have asked for kinder people to work with, great location off i77, great facility & overall a great experience. Zach’s condition is considered severe & highly involved which means we committed to several treatments, so we were at the clinic a lot & the staff almost becomes like family. The entire charlotte metro hyperbarics team were accommodating, helpful, kind, & positive. We believe this treatment is benefiting zachary in many ways a few being his overall mood & awareness. One comment we get from the medical field is they can not believe zachary is not on more medications – right now he is only on one medication for his muscle tone & thats it. Hbot is not a cure all for zachary but it is a piece of the puzzle that is helping him become stronger every day
