Date Stranded: July 2, 2025
Reason for Stranding
Found stuck in the rocks at the north end of the sea wall at Boca Chica
Patient History
5.4 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
Tar covering body, neck, head and flippers. minor barnacle load, missing tips of all 4 flippers, minor plastron abrasions, minor cloacal prolapse
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 29%, TP = 4.0g/dl, glucose = 116
Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex,and Normosol
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