Brecken's Story

Well we made it to Madison in a little less than 6 hours yesterday!  We thought that was good timing with Brecken.  After the first hour and a half, I had to give him his lorazepam to help calm him for the rest of the ride, after that he was happy as a clam until the last half hour...

We are staying at the Candlewood Suites thanks to the Madison Fire Department.  Mike made some calls and connected with Mike Dibble and he found us this wonderful place to stay.  It is a 1-bedroom suite and has a heated indoor pool, warm enough for Brecken to go in!  Which we took advantage of this evening. 

The Fire Department stopped by this morning to a deliver a crib for us.  They were a very nice group of guys! THANKS!!

We met with Dr. Van Dyke this afternoon and everyone in the clinic was wonderful!  After our meeting, Grandma Diane went into the Chamber with Brecken for his first dive!!  It went rather well, he didn't care so much for Winnie the Pooh, so tomorrow we will make sure we bring Diego.  While they where in the chamber I met Elijah's mom Lisa.  If you have not heard us talk about this amazing little boy, his article in the newspaper was what really got us moving on Hyperbaric Therapy for Brecken. When Grandma and Brecken came out, Brecken was down to his onsie and grandma would have liked to have been!!  She said it was very warm in there.  The first 15 minutes is like your going up in an airplane and then it levels off for the 60 minutes and the last 15 minutes is like your coming down in an airplane.  During the 15 minutes both ways, your ears will pop.  Brecken did not seem to have a problem adjusting to this...THANKFULLY!!!

We also met some other wonderful families who are participation in Hyperbarics and one family is actually stay at the same hotel that we are.

I will post some pictures along with this same story on Brecken?s caringbridge site at www.caringbridge.org sign on is breckendahlberg.