Eden was left with severe brain damage. She couldn't speak or walk. Her parents were told she would never talk, walk, eat on her own or react to her surroundings. They couldn't accept that, and looked at other options.
Fifty-five days after Eden's near drowning, Paul Harch of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine started hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Oxygen administered at sea-level pressure filled Eden's nose for 45 minutes, twice a day. Eden started hyperbaric oxygen therapy about a month later, breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber, five days a week. The treatment isn't new, but it is experimental and not approved by the FDA.
In May, the miraculous happened: Eden laughed. She moved her arms, hands and eyes. She could speak. Today, she's able to climb up stairs on a play set by herself. The new responses happened gradually, but to much surprise.
