Date Stranded: April 24, 2023
Reason for Stranding
Found stuck in the rocks at the Boca Chica jetties channel side.
Patient History
3.7 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
PE: minor plastron abrasions, old wounds to flippers, missing tips of both front flippers and left rear flipper, missing most of right rear flipper as well as a portion of the shell above it.
Patient Treatments
In-house PCV = 30%, TP = 2.8 g/dl, glucose = 93
Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, & Normosol.
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