Date Stranded: May 18, 2022
Date Released: June 16, 2022
Reason for Stranding
stuck at the rocks at the jetties
Patient History
-6.6 lb non-FP juvenile green
-stuck in the rocks at Boca Chica jetties beach side
Update 6/1
– Current weight: 6.9 lbs
– Receiving debridement and cold laser therapy every 7 days
– Moderate wounds are healing well and turtle is eating very well
Patient Injuries
moderate plastron abrasions
Patient Treatments
1 barnacle on carapace
-started on Ceftazidime, Vit B Complex & fluids, meloxicam
-took 3-view radiographs
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