(HBOT 37) Lots of Spontaneous Speech Today

Today was a very strange day. Jonathan started up like any other day. I gave him his supplements, he ate breakfast and I dropped him off at daycare by 8:30am. At around 10am, the teacher called me to tell me that Jonathan was complaining about having a stomach ache. I called Abuita and asked her to take Motrim to the daycare and give it to him. I thought it was possibly just that the supplements were too rough today. When Abuita arrived, she called me to tell me that he was not doing well and everyone suggested that he go home. I asked her to take him home and have him sit on the toilet for a while. I had the suspicion that it was constipation. I would go home to be with him as Abuita was going to take Vanessa out to celebrate her birthday. We are having a party for Vanessa on Saturday.

I stopped by to pickup some Moby Dick chicken and rice on my way home. When I arrived, Abuita told me that he had had a bowel movement and that he felt much better. That made me happy. Jonathan saw me and came to say hi. Then he noticed that I had Moby Dick food and he started jumping and told me "I'm so happy, I'm jumping like a rabbit". He was starving. He was impatient. While he was eating, he was watching Toy's Story 2. Suddenly he turns around and says to me "look mommy, look, buzzlight has a hood like the submarine". I dropped my jaw on that one. At the HBOT he wears a hood and he associated it how buzzlight looked with the HBOT. Very cool. A bit later, he asked for apple juice. My dad gave him some, and he came towards me and said "mommy, apple juice is raining inside my belly". The apple juice is cold and when he drank it, he could feel it go down his stomach. His description was very cute.

It was 5pm and I was rushing to finish my work. I told him that I would go upstairs to get his pants and he asked "I'm not taking a bath today?". It is amazing how much he remembers. On our way to the chamber, he pointed out parks he saw, a lake, and of course, traffic lights.

HBOT Day 37

Just a few days left. When we arrived, Jonathan didn't have his shoes on. I picked him up and carried him to the trailer. I noticed he seemed lighter than before (although he is 58 lbs) but ignored it soon after we entered the trailer. Inside the chamber, he did not complain about his ears at all. When we reached 1.5 atms, put his hood on and 2 minutes later he was sleeping. Strange. He has never fallen asleep inside the chamber. So I guess he was very tired. On our way back to the car, the told me that he wanted me to carry him because he didn't have shoes. He lifted his arms to me to carry him and jumped. He put his legs around my waist. I swear that he seemed lighter than before. His muscle tone has really improved. He is not lighter, he just seems lighter because his muscles are toned and he can control his body better. The "dead body weight" effect is gone.

On the way home, he was very quiet. But he got better as the night went on. Actually, he started playing very nicely with Vanessa. Vanessa wanted to ride him like a horse, and he tried to hide behind my back. But he couldn't and she finally won :) At first, he kept laughing and telling Vanessa that he wasn't a horse. A few minutes later, he started making the horse sounds. We were all laughing at them. Then Jonathan pretended to be a dog (Pluto) and Vanessa was taking care of him, feeding him, etc. Too cute.




On the negative side, Jonathan continues to hum a lot, he continues to obsess on electronic toys and traffic lights. This evening we went to a car dealer and they took us to the kids' room. There was a TV and he got very anxiosly happy, he was only drawn to the TV and walked fast pacing back and forth. I kept asking him if he wanted to go to the bathroom and he told me that he "was just walking". But it was stimmy. We have so much work to do.