Date Stranded: October 19, 2021
Date Released: April 11, 2022
Reason for Stranding
Unknown
Patient History
3.3 lb non-FP green
-washed up in the tide line a mile north of county beach access #5
Patient Injuries
-PE: one small abrasion on the cranial carapace, superficial scratches on carapace, mild plastron & soft tissue abrasions
Patient Treatments
in-house blood work within normal limits
-started on Ceftazidime, Vit B, and Normosol
-took a series of x-rays; appears to be shells and gas in GI tract
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