>>> IT'S A SPECIAL RIVER CITY
PETS AS WE PAY A SPECIAL VISIT
TO DR. VETS AND HER PRACTICE.
I'M TAKING A TURN THIS WAY TO
SEE WHAT DR. MIKE IS UP TO THIS
TIME.
HEY DR. MIKE.
>> HEY THERE.
YOU MADE IT.
>> YEAH.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?
>> WE'RE PRETTY MUCH, A
SUBMARINE.
THIS IS OUR OXYGEN TREATMENT
CHAMBER AND YOU I TALKED ABOUT
IT.
>> YEAH.
>> PREVIOUS SEGMENTS.
>> AND I KNEW YOU WERE
INTERESTED IN SEEING IT.
IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GOT HERE
RIGHT WHEN OUR PATIENT, CLUTCH,
IS GOING IN.
CLUTCH HAS KNEE ISSUINGS AND
HYPER THERAPY IS USED FOR THAT.
IT'S KIND F
OF A COOL THING.
HYPER VARIC IS ONLY A THREE
CHAMBERS IN FLORIDA FOR
PATIENTS.
AND ONLY ABOUT 100 IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> ESSENTIALLY THIS MACHINE IS
STARTING NEW TREATMENT, WE
STARTED OXYGEN FLOWING INTO THE
CHAMBER.
YOU CAN SEE CLUTCH, IF YOU LOOK
THROUGH THE PORTAL, YOU CAN SEE
HER IN THERE.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT DRIVES OXYGEN
AT GREATER THAN NORMAL PRESSURES
INTO TISSUES.
SO ANY DAMAGED TISSUE IS GOING
TO RESPOND GREAT.
SO IT'S USED A LOT FOR CHRONIC
WOUNDS.
IN PEOPLE THEY USE IT A LOT MORE
DIABETICS.
AND ITS USED FOR NEUROLOGIC
PROBLEMS.
FRACTURES THINGS LIKE LIVER
POISONING.
REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT
POISONOUS PLANTS FOR SEGA PALM.
HYDR
HYDRO VARIC OXYGEN WILL KEEP THE
CELLS ALIVE UNTIL YOU GET NORMAL
BLOOD CELL AGAIN.
>> YOU SAID YOU'RE ONE OF THREE
IN THE AREA.
>> YEAH, THERE'S THREE.
WE HAVE ONE HERE, THERE'S ONE AT
ST. FRANCIS ANIMAL HOSPITAL
THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF THAT
NONPROFIT AND U.S. A
HAS ONE.
WE'RE KIND OF IN THE RANKS OF
GATOR NATION TO HAVE THIS HERE.
>> YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT.
CLUTCH SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH IT.
I'M SURE, NOT EVERY DOG LOVES
IT.
>> EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF,
THINKS THE DOG WILL FREAK OUT IN
THE SUBMARINE.
THEY ACTUALLY DO OKAY.
IT'S KIND OF COOL IN THERE,
REALLY QUIET, LIKE A GENTLE
HISSING NOISE.
THEY CAN HEAR US AND SEE US, SO
THEY CAN HEAR AND KIND OF TALK
TO THEM AND CALM THEM DOWN.
I'VE ONLY HAD ONE DOG THAT WE
JUST COULDN'T TREAT.
AND IN OUR DEFENSE, THE OWNER
SAID, MY DOG IS CRAZY.
SHE'S NEVER GOING TO LET YOU DO
THAT.
>> THEY WERE RIGHT.
>> THEY KNOW THEIR OWN DOGS.
>> THEY DO.
EVEN THOUGH MONTH JOE AND MY
OTHER WINE REIMERS WERE IN HERE.
AND WINE REIMERS ARE CRAZY DOGS
AND THEY PUT UP WITH IT JUST
FINE.
>> SEEMS COOL.
>> THEY FALL ASLEEP USUALLY.
>>YEAH.
>> HOW LONG DOES IT LAST
USUALLY.
>> 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO GET THEM
UP TO PRESSURE.
THE TREATMENT ABOUT 40 TO 10
MINUTES AND ANOTHER 10 MINUTES
TO GET THEM DOWN TO PRESSURE.
WE CAN DO TWO TREATMENTS A DAY.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES WE
USE IT FOR HERE IS SNAKE BITES.
WITH SNAKE BITES IT'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, WE DO TWO OR THREE
TREATMENTS AND THEY GO HOME AND
THE NEXT DAY WITH ALMOST NO
SWELLING AND NO PAIN.
WHICH FOR SNAKE BITES, ANYBODY
KNOWS A DOG BIT BY A SNAKE,
THAT'S AMAZING FOR THEM TO
RECOVER SO FAST.
>> HOW IS CLUTCH DOING IN THERE?
>> SHE'S DOING GREAT.
SHE'S BEEN AT PRESSURE FOR 45
MINUTES.
SO HER TREATMENT IS COMPLETE.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LET THE
PRESSURE GO BACK TO NORMAL
GRADUALLY, THOUGH.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR
EARS FEEL LIKE ON AN AIRPLANE.
WHEN YOU GO UP HIGH AND THE
CABIN PRESSURIZING, YOUR EARS
POP.
SO I HEARD IT -- I HAVEN'T HAD
IT DONE BEFORE, I'VE HEARD OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF NOT AS
SENSITIVE ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU UP TO
PRESSURE AND TAKE YOU DOWN.
SO -- GUYS WE DON'T WANT THEM TO
HAVE ANY DISCOMFORT WITH THEIR
EARS WERE ENDING HER TREATMENT
IS SIMPLY TURNING OFF THE IN
FLOW OF OXYGEN, SO YOU SEE HER
LITTLE PRESSURE DROPS.
NOW WE LITERALLY WAIT AND LET
ALL OF THE OXYGEN DRAIN OUT OF
THE CHAMBER UNTIL HER PRESSURE
COMES BACK DOWN TO NORMAL ABOUT
10 MINUTES OR SO
BUT WHEN SHE COMES OUT, JUST AS
HAPPY AS WHEN SHE WENT IN.
SHE'S ALL DECOMPRESSED NOW.
NOW WE DO THIS THING CALLED
DEBURPING THE CLAIMER ABOUT.
SHE CAN STILL BREATHE.
STILL OXYGEN IN THERE.
THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF
PRESSURE.
AS WE START TO LOOSEN THESE,
YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BREATH --
>> OH, THAT'S OKAY.
>> READY.
>> MAYBE.
>> I'M SCARED.