Bethany Hamilton’s brother attempted to bathe his son Andrew in Epsom salts after he appeared ill before the boy nearly drowned in the bathtub.
The surfing icon has called for a medical miracle for his ‘beautiful’ nephew Andrew, who is now fighting for his life in Hawaii.
On a fundraising page for the boy, his family tells the story of how he ended up in the hospital.
“Andrew had a fever and vomited on Friday,” Father Timothy Hamilton wrote in a Support now page with the goal of raising $100,000.
They were bathing him in Epsom salts near the kitchen and living room when they found the boy unconscious.
Bethany Hamilton’s brother attempted to bathe his son Andrew with Epsom salts after he appeared ill before the boy nearly drowned in the bathtub.
The surfing icon has asked for a medical miracle for his ‘beautiful’ nephew Andrew, who is now fighting for his life in Hawaii
Timothy said his son is “the strongest son of his five siblings and an incredible open ocean swimmer.”
‘Chest compression started, I had a slight heartbeat. “He spent a few hours at the Wilcox hospital before medical evacuation to Oahu,” he wrote.
Hamilton added that doctors have been “amazing” with his son, but Andrew remains on life support and receiving emergency care.
They are currently considering getting hyperbaric oxygen therapy from Dr. Paul Harch in New Orleans and looking into alternative and traditional treatments.
HBOT It involves a patient breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber. It aims to increase the level of oxygen dissolved in the bloodstream, which could help heal brain tissue.
It was Dr. Harch’s son who notified Bethany under his position: ‘Dr. Harch is my father. I just sent you a message with his cell phone number. He wants you to call him. Sending lots of love to you and your family.”
In an extraordinary case, Harch was able to reverse 2-year-old Eden Carlson’s brain damage after she pushed her way through a baby gate and a heavy gate, then jumped into the family pool in Arkansas in February 2017. .
When her mother found her, she was lying face down and motionless.
Andrew (pictured in the bottom row, center, surrounded by his family) was medically evacuated to Kapiolani on Oahu Saturday morning and still has a heartbeat, according to Bethany.
In the photo: Dr. Paul Harch. In an extraordinary case, Harch was able to reverse 2-year-old Eden Carlson’s brain damage after she pushed her way through a baby gate and a heavy gate, then jumped into the family pool in Arkansas in February 2017. .
After two hours of CPR and 17 EpiPen injections, her heart began beating again, but doctors warned she would be confined to a vegetative state for the rest of her life.
Now, in what is believed to be a world first, Eden runs, talks and laughs as energetically as before after undergoing 40 rounds of oxygen therapy.
The results were so clear and Eden’s MRIs improved so clearly that her case was published in a medical journal, Medical Gas Research.
The therapy is not approved by the FDA and is not covered by insurance.
Bethany, 34, said: ‘We are devastated. But I know how the right medical support can make or break a person’s chances of survival.
“In this case we are asking for help from anyone who has information on what we can do to give my nephew the best chance.”
Bethany’s brother, Noah, also asked people for prayers and called his little nephew a “strong, resilient boy” and an “amazing swimmer.”
He wrote: ‘Please join us in praying for my brother’s fifth youngest son, Andrew, as he flew to Oahu in the middle of the night.
Their hopes were fulfilled when they were able to contact Dr. Paul Harch, a world-renowned expert in hyperbaric oxygen therapy for child drowning.
Bethany is best known for a shark attack at age 13 that nearly derailed her career.
He is three and a half and five years old. He is a strong, resilient boy and an incredible swimmer. They found him not breathing in the shallow water of the bathtub. His vital signs were enough to get him to Oahu.
Bethany is best known for a shark attack at age 13 that nearly derailed her career.
In 2003, while surfing off the coast of Kauai with a friend’s family, a 14-foot tiger shark tore off his left arm, just below the shoulder.
The others were able to swim her to shore and put a tourniquet on her, but by the time she got to the hospital she had already lost 60 percent of her blood.
A tiger shark that was captured and killed shortly after the attack had pieces of a surfboard lodged in its jaws.
Despite her devastating injury, Bethany took less than a month to recover before returning to surfing, and had her first professional competition after the attack in 2004.
