A letter to the editor in Exceptional Parent Magazine from two parents requested more information on HBOT. I wrote and the response with MUMS' address and phone numbers was published in the magazine so more parents called and letters poured in.
The letter I had responded to turned out to be from Claudine Nadeau from Quebec and Debbie Nardone from Illinois. Debbie was a member of MUMS and met Claudine through the Internet. Debbie shared the information she had from the MUMS newsletter and the two of them decided to meet with their sons in England to get HBOT.
When Claudine brought her twin sons, Michel and Matheau, back from England, Dr. Marois, their pediatric physiatrist, was amazed at their improvements. Claudine and he approached McGill University in Quebec to do a study. As a result, the McGill Pilot Study took place Oct 15 Dec. 15, 1998 in Montreal. The results were amazing considering the 25 children ages 3 to 8 years old with spastic diplegia Cerebral Palsy only got 20 treatments at 1.75 atmospheres.
Results showed reduction in spasticity in hip adductors, hamstrings and ankle plantar flexors. Patellar tendon and Achilles tendon reflexes were found to be significantly reduced. It was reported that there was significant improvement in the children for walking and sitting as well as for knee walking. The study concluded that HBO improves function in children with spastic diplegia, Cerebral Palsy.
Following the results of this study, a group of parents from Quebec, spearheaded by Annie Lachaud, organized a Parent Movement to further research on HBOT. Because of the pressure put on the Canadian government by these parents, 1.2 million dollars was allocated for another McGill study which included 111 children at three different locations. The study was completed in August 1999.
As Dr. Paul Harch has stated, "The real story behind the McGill Pilot Trial is not the findings of the study, it is the story of a group of mothers organized and connected by the MUMS Network and Internet who became a force so powerful that they were able to overcome tremendous resistance and accomplish what a group of physicians were unable to achieve in over 50 years."
Because of the studies and requests from Canadian parents more clinics opened in Canada. In 1999 a new HBO clinic with a 10 person multiplace chamber was opening in Coquitlam, British Columbia and offered me free
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