Quinoa

Date Stranded: July 7, 2025

Reason for Stranding

Found stuck in the rocks at Boca Chica (beach side)

Patient History

4.9 lb non-FP juvenile green

Patient Injuries

Minor abrasions on both carapace and plastron, tar on plastron and in mouth, missing tip of the left front flipper. That is an old healed wound.

Patient Treatments

In-house PCV = 28%, TP = 2.4g/dl, glucose = 117 Started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex,and Normosol

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