@ScruffR, well, actually those docs turn out to not be such a good source for this. The link for the DFU install takes you to another doc that doesn’t have the install instructions.
After searching about I stumbled on this nice tutorial.
DFU Install Tutorial
Oddly enough while I was riding into work on the bus I put the Photon in DFU mode and was getting ready to work through the DFU install but I ran out of time and arrived at my stop. At work I plugged in my Photon again and was getting ready for the DFU process when it actually started to breath again. Yay!!! I was able to flash some code and I’m back in action. Weird but I’m pleased to not have to attempt the DFU business.
Thanks again for all the help. @peekay123 @ScruffR