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Sara Joy
Rychener |
On July 8th, 2000, Sara Joy
Rychener and Jay David Burkholder pledged their lives to the Lord
and to each other in marriage. Their expressed desire was to serve
Him wherever He would lead them. On March 15th, 2002, their plans
and dreams of raising a family together were altered as Sara gave
birth to their first child. Jackson David was delivered by emergency
cesarean section. A few hours later his mommy was taken to her new
home in heaven to be with her precious Lord. Due to the complication
of being without oxygen during delivery, Jackson was diagnosed with
Cerebral Palsy. His father and grandparents refused to accept the
grim predictions about what Jackson would not be. Through research,
we have located an alternative treatment process called Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBOT).
Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy is the administration of 100% oxygen in the
presence of pressure equal to 12-16 feet below sea level. This
treatment is delivered inside a diving or hyperbaric chamber.
Treatment times vary but are usually about 60-90 minutes long
twice a day for 20-40 treatments.
Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy helps the body heal from conditions in which low
oxygen in the tissues inhibits or complicates the healing
process. HBOT does not replace traditional therapies but is used
in conjunction with and to enhance these therapies. HBOT
saturates the circulatory system with oxygen, resulting in an
increase in oxygen to tissues. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy assists
in dissolving increased amounts of oxygen into the blood plasma.
It increases oxygen tension in oxygen deprived tissues, enhances
white blood cell activity at the wound site and reduces edema
through vasoconstriction.
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Jackson &
Grandpa R. |
Over the past years,
we have discovered that HBOT is a beneficial form of treatment for
numerous diagnoses, such as burns, wound healing, strokes, cerebral
palsy, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc. HBOT blocks the cytotoxic
effects of carbon monoxide and hypoxia associated with cyanide
poisoning. It accelerates the formation of blood vessels and nerve
endings. Medical insurance, Medicare
and Medicaid do not cover many diagnoses that are HBOT therapeutic.
During our search and subsequent journeys for treatment for Jackson,
we have met numerous families who are emotionally, physically and
financially strained during their own quests for treatments. We are
seeking to serve these families through a non-profit organization
called “Sara’s Garden.”
Sara’s Garden will
provide quality of health and health education services to those who
are underinsured, medically limited and/or financially unable to
acquire services. Patients will be treated for elective rather than
emergency treatment.
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