1. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Diagnosed with diabetes and had a diabetic crisis back in November 2009.  She was recumbent for several weeks and then owner noticed wounds on lateral hips around beginning of December.  I put her on antibiotics, e-collar and having owners clean wounds daily at same time as starting laser therapy. December 14, 2009 Photos of wounds on 1st day of Laser TX. Photos read left to right of right hip.
Day 1
Dec 14, 2009
TX 1

2. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  December 14, 2009 Photos of wounds on 1st day of Laser TX. Left Hip.
Day 1
Dec 14, 2009
TX 1

3. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right of right hip.
Day 2
Dec 15, 2009
TX 2

4. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right. First photo is the right hip the other 3 are of the left hip.
Day 2
Dec 15, 2009
TX 2

5. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right. Right hip in top frames and left hip in lower right frame.
Day 4
Dec 17, 2009
TX 3

6. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right of left hip.
Day 4
Dec 17, 2009
TX 3

7. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right of right hip.
Day 5
Dec 18, 2009
TX 4

8. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right. Right in upper left frame and left hip in the other two frames
Day 5
Dec 18, 2009
TX 4

9. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right of right hip.
Day 8
Dec 21, 2009
TX 5

10. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right of left hip.
Day 8
Dec 21, 2009
TX 5

11. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right. Right hip in the first 3 frames and left hip in the lower right frame.
Day 11
Dec 24, 2009
TX 6

12. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right of left hip.
Day 11
Dec 24, 2009
TX 6

13. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right of right hip.
Day 18
TX 7

14. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix.  Photos read left to right of left hip.
Day 18
TX 7

15. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right. Right hip in top 2 frames. Left hip in lower frames.
Day 23
Jan 5, 2010
TX 8

16. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right of right hip then left.
Day 37
Jan 19, 2010
TX 9

17. Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix
Brief History: 12 yr old, spayed female lab mix. Photos read left to right. Final treatment and photos of right and left hips in top frames compared to beginning photos. Lower left photo is from day 1 and lower right photo is from day 4 as it was the clearest photo for displaying the wound on the left hip.
Day 58
Feb 9, 2010
TX 10
Compared to
TX1 and TX3
respectively

18. Comments: I was very concerned when I saw the wounds on both sides of the patient’s hips.  They were extremely deep, infected and necrotic.  The dog was still recumbent and probably would be that way for quite a while. Getting these wounds to heal would seem hopeless, in a recumbent, diabetic patient who was very difficult to get regulated.   But, within a couple days of starting laser therapy, I could see dramatic improvements in the wounds.  The color of the wounds changed to a healthy pink, the odor resolved and the comfort level of the dog improved dramatically.  She no longer wanted to go after the wounds constantly. Each time I went to treat her wounds I would see improvement from the last time.  Hope was starting to shine through.   After 2 months, the wounds were completely healed and hair was growing back. Wow, success.  Amazing.  I am sold on the powers of laser therapy for wound healing. Wendy Robinson, D.V.M.