Date Stranded: September 16, 2022
Reason for Stranding
-Stuck in the rocks at Boca Chica jetties channel side
Patient History
-4.6 lb non-FP juvenile green
Patient Injuries
-PE: minor plastron abrasions, a few face abrasions, minor cloacal prolapse
-mentation: depressed
Patient Treatments
-started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex & fluids, administered meloxicam
-took 3-view radiographs
-dry-docked overnight, and placed in shallow freshwater in AM, swimming well
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