Third Day of Hyperbaric Therapy

Well yesterday my son and I made two trips into the hyperbaric chamber. The first was pretty uneventful, but the second was a different event altogether. My son was afraid of going into the Vitaeris 320 last night, in fact he shivered and made himself throw up twice before getting into the chamber, thankfully he got it out of his system before going in under pressure. A few minutes into the dive he cheered up and did not even cry or whimper as the pressure built up. He loves to chew ice cubes, and I fed them to him as fast as I could during the compression stage to keep his jaw going. Chewing or sipping (swallowing) allows people to equalize light amounts of pressure. Sometimes I am not sure if my wife and I are doing the right thing since our son is having difficultly in dealing with the hyperbaric therapy for his cerebral palsy, maybe the cure is worse than the disease. But in my opinion, ANYONE who has CP or cares for a person with CP knows better. I think most people would do virtually anything to get better or even see an improvement in their condition. Anyway by the end of the dive my son is crying again for a different reason, and complaining about having to get out of the 'blue thing' as he calls it. He must love the completely undivided attention his mother and I lavish on him while we are in there.
Also yesterdays second dive (#6) I noticed a leak in the chamber, around the pressure guage from the inside. Oh well, will notify the owners of the chamber and ask what they want to do about further treatments or getting it repaired. Hopefully it will be an easy fix, or we will get in our forty dives before the leak gets too big for the pressure pumps to overcome.