Date Stranded: January 21, 2025
Reason for Stranding
Cold Stunned
Patient History
Arrived on January 21, 2025: 5.6 lb non-FP juvenile green
9/3 Update: Doc has completed tube feeding treatment to receive nutrients. Doc is currently receiving iron due to low PCV value. Doc is swimming well, has good energy, reduced buoyancy issues, eating consistently and independently, and gradually gaining weight.
Patient Injuries
Severe wounds to carapace
Patient Treatments
1/27/25: In-house PCV = 22%, TP = 3.2 g/dl, glucose = 111, Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex, Meloxicam, and Normosol
8/04/25: In-house PCV = 16%, TP < 3.0, glucose = 116
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