October 24, 2005
October 24, 2005 | Updates
I just couldn’t let this day pass without letting you know that we made it through our first hyperbaric treatment! I was nervous as they rolled us inside and closed the “lid” to the chamber. But it quickly went away as I sat and talked to Samuel and worried whether or not he was clearing his ears OK. We have to compress the chamber slowly for Samuel, so it takes about 15 minutes. Then we spend 60 minutes breathing the oxygen and it takes another 5 minutes to decompress the chamber. All in all, it seems like a long time and both Samuel and I started getting anxious the last 15 minutes or so. I’m afraid that it’s going to get quite boring going everyday. So I am going to order some “signing times” videos for Samuel and I to watch. Maybe that will keep our minds off the time as we try to learn sign language together.Anyway, we are safe and sound at grandma’s house and nana, papa and Kaylee were here tonight to visit. Samuel seemed pretty tired and cranky. He did sleep most the way down to the clinic, but I think it was a long day for us both. He is settled snuggly in his portable crib (which he has probably missed the last 3 months since that used to be his bed). And I am right behind him! He does seem comfortable here at grandma’s house and I’m glad we chose somewhere that he is familiar with to stay. Thanks to everyone who so kindly offered to have us, though! I just finally decided it would be better for Samuel to be somewhere he already knew.
Well, we’ll be off for another treatment tomorrow. Samuel is urinating on his own (even at night the past few nights). That’s our most exciting news! But he seems to have had a stomach ache the past few days and has been irritable. Hopefully, that will pass soon.
Thanks for all the prayers! Keep them coming. I know I did a lot of praying today that I wouldn’t freak out in the chamber! 
They obviously paid off!
Love you all,
The Jewkes
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