After testing out cold laser equipment and seeing how well it worked on kitties with chronic pain, $23,000 was raised to purchase a portable Summus Medical Laser for our shelter clinic. This equipment has been a life-changer for many of our long-term medically fragile residents who require on-going pain management. The portable equipment is very convenient for the clinic team to use because they can easily bring the laser directly to the rooms to perform daily and weekly treatments, avoiding the stress of transporting the cats to and from the clinic. Laser treatments are also used regularly in post-op care at the shelter to encourage suture sites to heal faster and alleviate pain, cutting down on the use of costly pain medications.
