2 days before we were scheduled to begin, my son's DAN! Doctor phoned to say that he would buy a chamber. He bought the biggest one from oxyhealth the Vitaris 320. It cost a little over $20,000 It fits a mom and child. By child I'm probably thinking more like 2 adults.  My son is 5' 8" 1/2 and I'm 5' 9". It goes to 1.3 ATA and 4.5 psi. Paul is in the chamber 1 hour total for each "dive".

I paid $4,000 for 60 treatments we do it 2 times a day once at 8:00 and at 3:30. Paul goes to school in between. At the other place, we where going to have to take Paul out of school for the rest of the year. They only drawback is that Paul's Dr. is 45 minutes away. we spend about 3 hours a day driving.  Paul gets free medical care while we are there. In between patients his Dr. sits with me and we discuss what to do next.  He also let's me read all the Power point stuff from the DAN! conferences.

If Paul keeps progressing like he is now, We will definitely buy a home portable for another round or 2 of treatments. I've spoke to another mom who went to the big place for 2 -40 treatment rounds and the are trying to buy theire own or share with someone like you are planning on doing.

The first treatment was pure hell. Paul screamed and cried for 45 minutes. By that afternoon he started falling asleep in the chamber. The next morning he told me to stay out. He wanted more room. Their ears pop for a minute or 2 while the pressure goes up and the same while going down. I showed him how to plug his nose and blow. Once he calmed down and did that, he was fine.

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