Date Stranded: May 7, 2022
Date Released: June 9, 2022
Reason for Stranding
hooked by fisherman at the Isla Blanca jetties channel side on SPI
Patient History
-BCS 3/5 normal
Update: 6/1
– Current weight – 11.9 lbs
– Receiving medication every 3 days
– Eye wound has healed well and turtle is eating very well
Patient Injuries
large hook penetrating through the eye curling back into mouth cavity, no other obvious injuries or abnormalities
Patient Treatments
started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex & fluids
-took 3-view radiographs
-Dry-docked last night started on ceftaz, vit b, normosol, meloxicam and ciprofloxacin eye drops, will place in shallow freshwater this morning
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