Inspiring News Story on Hyperbarics and Dr. Neubauer

December 23, 2003

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Still unwilling to accept Amber's comatose state as permanent, Melody

said she packed Amber in the family's vehicle and drove her to Fort

Lauderdale, where physician, Neubauer, used hyperbaric oxygen

therapy in order to stimulate healing in Amber's brain.

" Putting her in those chambers was a nightmare, " Melody reflected, but

after nearly half of what would become 95 treatments -- one hour, two

times a day, six days a week -- Amber finally calmed down and even

grinned while ensconced in the huge metal machine.

This transformation is documented on a home video. She also began to

walk on her own, to smile and laugh, to dance to " Flintstones " music

with . On returning home after four months in Florida, Amber

paused to study the pictures on the wall. A tentative smile lights her

narrow face. Melody says, in the video, " Oh, Ron, she can tell it's her

family. "

Speech came later after a visit to a world-renowned doctor in Beverly

Hills, Calif., who uses neurofeedback to re-teach speech patterns.

" 'Mama' was the best word I ever heard, and that was three to four years

in the making, " Melody said. " It does take a lot of time. It's been

hard. But if God was going to take her home, He would do it naturally.

" As long as there was hope and as long as there was breath in her life

and her body, we were to fight for it, " Melody said, " because God

entrusted her to us to do everything that we possibly could to get her

through. "

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