I recently fell and landed smack on my elbow, snapping a bone in two just below the elbow joint. My daughter brought me in for a hyperbaric treatment the next day between my appointments with my surgeon and the outpatient surgery he scheduled. The surgery went well but the next day the swelling was terrible.

The next day while being put in the chamber the HBOT department staff noticed there was blood on my clothing. After my treatment I went to the emergency room and was referred to my doctor. The orthopedist explained that a surgical blister had developed and because my skin was frail, it had burst, causing the loss of a lot of blood and drainage into my hand. My hand was painful and look like a deep purple ham. The doctor said it looked just like gangrene.

I had a total of five HBOT treatments in seven days, and with each one there was a visible lessening of the swelling, tenderness, and discoloration. One week to the day we walked into the surgeon's office, all the swelling and 95 percent of the discoloration was gone. We knew the doctor would be surprised. The look on his face was priceless. His eyes got big, and his eyebrows raised. When he took the splint off, the skin on my arm was completely healed and baby soft. The X-ray looked great and he told me to start using my arm. His exact words were, 'Nobody heals like that!' I then let him in on my secret: five HBOT treatments.

Words cannot adequately express how blessed I feel that I got such kind and excellent care from your staff and that I have access to such an incredible therapy.

— 91-year-old mother of a Whitaker Wellness employee