HBOT is up and running!

This past weekend, the hubs, kiddos and I loaded up and drove across the state to Jacksonville to pick up our HBOT!!! Very Exciting!  When we arrived we weren't sure how the kids would behave in this family's  house, but much to our surprise, they got along well with the other kids and we were able to have a long, relaxed conversation.  Entering into another autistic family's house is like coming home.  There's no pressure & no judging.  ASD families welcome you with open arms and are ready to share their most private details.  It was wonderful sharing details of therapies, schools and doctors.  You enter as strangers and within seconds you are the best of friends, sharing your journey through Holland.  You talk about your excursions, things that veered you off course and the shear beauty of this place.  Best part of that day was watching all four of the kids play nicely together.

Our night did not go as smoothly.  We stopped off to visit the grandparents in Ormond Beach and then headed off to our hotel.  As I mentioned in a previous post, hotels are NOT our friends.  We got a suite, but it was too enticing for them.  We arrived late and after some obligatory tv viewing, tucked everyone into bed.  They were excited at first, then.....TOTAL CHAOS!  Needless to say, I didn't sleep more than 2 hours that night.  At one point, everyone was in the same bed, so i snuck off to theirs in the other room and woke to someone coughing in my face.  It was a long night!

Sunday we arrived home and the hubs was all to eager to get the HBOT set up.  I was just trying not to pass out.  ;)  We put the kids down for naptime, set up the machine and all the goodies that came with it and tested it out.  PERFECT!

I'm not sure that i'll be able to keep up with this throughout the summer since the kiddos are home, but i will try to post updates on the HBOT usage.  We have noticed increased sleep.  Here are the stats from the past few days:

Sun slept from 9PM-9:10AM (both napped once we got home from trip)
Mon                9PM-9AM (both kiddos napped)
Tues                9PM-9:20AM (both napped)

The twins sleeping this late is not the norm. E actually asked to go to bed Tues night at 8:30 and walked into her room by herself.  I have been trying to wake them each morning and it's NOT EASY!  If only this weren't the last week of school.  B said "MOM" the other day and made me melt to mush.  (((sigh)))

Here's a pic of our new HBOT set up.