A curious, energetic, smart, extrovert and attentive little boy.
That is how family, friends and teachers say they will remember 5-year-old Thomas Cooper who died tragically in a hyperbaric room in a medical facility Troy, Michiganlast month.
The descriptions are part of a sincere death advertisement written about Cooper prior to a commemorative visit on Thursday, about two weeks after he died.
Cooper received a treatment in a room, a container under pressure with 100% oxygen, when it suddenly exploded in the Oxford Center at 165 Kirts BLVD.
Thomas Cooper died when the room he was inside exploded in Michigan. He is remembered as a “curious, energetic, smart, extrovert and attentive little boy.” (Family of Thomas Cooper)
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Police and Fire brigade officers said he was dead in the room when they arrived on stage, while his mother Annie, who was also in the room, sustained injuries on her arm.
Cooper, who was in kindergarten, was always on the road and kept looking forward to his younger brother, who was his best friend, according to the death advertisement.
“His favorite thing to do was to play Minecraft on his Nintendo switch, because he liked to show his mum and dad the things he could create,” is the tribute.
“His favorite activities were running, jumping, rolling and stamping … He wanted to grow up as chef chef because that meant he could” cook with mum and dad and stay with them forever. “
The boy received a treatment for sleep apnea and Attention deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In the Oxford Center, James Harrington, a lawyer for the family told NBC Washington.
The scene after Cooper died, on the left, an oxygen therapy machine comparable to those used in the middle, on the right. (Fox 2 Detroit, Left, Reuters/Allegheny General Hospital/Handout, Right.)
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The rooms are used to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and a typical room can contain one person. It requires that the patient is in the tubular device that looks like an MRI machine and breathe in the oxygen. A hyperbaric room contains a maximum of three times the amount of oxygen than a normal room.
Harrington said that the boy’s parents hope that the services would improve his quality of life.
“This was not a kind of life -saving measure that was absolutely necessary,” Harrington told the outlet. “It was just a mother who tried to help her son with some disorders he had and was promised that with these disorders and this treatment that they could help.”
“Annie tried to help her child as every parent would do – as good parents do.”
Harrington, a managing partner of Fieger Law in Southfield, Michigan, said that the boy had received several sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the center before the tragedy struck.
It is unclear why the room explodes. The family plans to make a lawsuit to prevent a similar incident from taking place again, Harrington said, adding that the boy’s parents ‘absolutely destroyed’.
The death notice also states that Cooper liked to make art and was constantly curious about the world around him and liked to know how things worked.
“At night he liked to listen to audio books while trying to go to sleep, with some of his favorites who were Yoto every day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the gigantic peach,” is the death report.
Cooper, who was in kindergarten, was always on the road and kept looking forward to his younger brother, who was his best friend, according to the death advertisement. (Family of Thomas Cooper)
In addition to tackling sleep apnea and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the devices are also used to treat a variety of others health problemsIncluding carbon monoxide poisoning, diabetic foot ulcers, anemia, skin infection and the loss of bone and vision.
Such devices require FDA approval to ensure that they are approved to be used as intended and safe and effective.
HBoy is also known for the treatment of divers and deep sea divers who are hit by the rapid pressure change around them, according to the FDA.
In a statement to the Detroit Free Press Immediately after the incident, the Oxford Center Andrew Kistner spokesperson wrote that the cause of the explosion is unknown.
“As law enforcement officials this morning at our location in Troy, Michigan shared, a fire started in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The child who was treated in that room did not survive and the child’s mother was injured,” is the statement.
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“The safety and well -being of the children we serve is our highest priority. There is nothing as this happened in our more than 15 years of providing this type of therapy. We … will participate in all the studies that now have to take place . “
The location is temporarily closed, while the authorities investigate the deadly incident, NBC Washington reported. No charges have been filed, according to the exhaust valve with reference to the police.
In May 2009, An explosion of an oxygen chamber put under pressure killed a 4-year-old and his 62-year-old grandmother. Authorities said that an explosion had detached a tube that was attached to the hyperbaric room, which, according to CBS, resulted in an explosion and flash fire.
