New Orleans doctors help regrow toddler's brain after drowning

WWL ^ | July 21, 2017 | None Given

[Wonder Warthog]

Two-year-old Eden Carlson lost a significant amount of brain tissue after spending 15 minutes underwater. Director of Hyperbaric Medicine, Dr. Paul Harch, says she made remarkable improvements after being treated with oxygen for 45 minutes twice a day.

Weeks later, Eden’s parents brought her to New Orleans, and Harch put her in a hyperbaric chamber.

“I dosed it at the same level of oxygen but now with pressure, and she made another very noticeable improvement with just the first hyperbaric treatment and from there just accelerated,” Harch said.

In February of 2016, Eden escaped the baby gate in her home and fell into a near-freezing pool. Eden’s heart did not beat on its own for two hours, as doctors performed CPR for 100 minutes.

Harch says after multiple hyperbaric treatments, Eden could walk and talk again, something doctors said she would never be able to do. He says even more incredible was her brain, as the toddler actually regrew the brain matter she had lost. That was evident in the MRI scans of her brain.

“The MRI came back as ‘normal,’” Harch said, “She had regrown a substantial amount of lost brain tissue, and you could see it involve the entire brain.”

Harch says Eden continues to improve today. This is the first known case of growing back both white and gray brain matter. He says the potential for future patients with similar problems is enormous. He says it will allow for a forum to look at hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

“It’s a therapy that’s been around for 350 years, and the medical profession has missed the potential application of this therapy,” Harch said.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Especially a child’s brain."

Very true.

[Lil Flower]

And severe diabetic wounds where the tissue might otherwise have to be removed/amputated if it weren’t for hyperbaric O2 therapy.
I’ve seen amazing results with Diabetics alone in Wound Care Centers.

This is just phenomenal.