Brody
Brody
Species: Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Arrival Date: March 21, 2020
Stranding Location: Fort Pierce, FL
Initial Weight: 195.36 lbs.
Current Weight: 209.9 lbs.
Issue: Fishing Line Entanglement & Buoyancy Disorder
Brody is an adult male loggerhead sea turtle patient that was found floating offshore of Fort Pierce entangled in fishing line. The line was wrapped around the turtle’s neck, causing a deep constriction wound. Brody also ingested the line, which was embedded into his jaw, extending into his esophagus, and trailing out the cloaca. The entanglement was removed, and the turtle has since passed all of the line extending out of his cloaca. Radiographs revealed mild pneumonia and free air in the turtle’s coelomic cavity, possibly due to a tear in the lung. Upon arrival, Brody was put into freshwater to remove the barnacles, leeches, and other epibiota that covered his body. The turtle is receiving fluids, antibiotics, topical wound treatments, and nebulization treatments, and will be closely monitored by hospital staff as the constriction wounds, pneumonia, and buoyancy disorder are treated.
PROGRESS KEY:
Good Condition
Fair Condition
Poor Condition
Patient requires continued treatment but is progressing well.
Minor adjustments have been made to the patient's treatment.
Patient is off all medications.
PROGRESS NOTES:
10/01/2020 - Brody was released from Loggerhead Park!
09/24/2020 -
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09/17/2020 --
09/10/2020 --
09/04/2020 -- Brody continues to make excellent progress and his blood work has normalized over the past week. Brody requires minor modifications to his treatment protocol, but is otherwise clinically healthy.
08/27/2020 --
08/20/2020 --
08/13/2020 -Brody's white cell count has increased slightly so a new medication has been added.
08/06/2020 -Brody's white cell count continues to remain normal and he is off all medications.
07/30/2020 -Brody's white cell count continues to remain normal and he is making excellent progress.
07/23/2020 -Brody's white cell count continues to be normal and he is making excellent progress.
07/16/2020 -Brody's white cell count is now normal
07/09/2020 -Brody’s white cell count has decreased on his new treatment protocol.
07/02/2020 -Brody’s white cell count has increased so a new treatment protocol has been initiated.
06/25/2020 -Brody's white cell count is nearly normal and he is progressing as expected.
06/19/2020 -Brody's white cell count continues to decrease and he is progressing well.
06/11/2020 -Brody's white cell count has come down with the new treatment regimen.
06/05/2020 -Brody had a bronchoscopy this week which revealed no evidence of disease, but his white cell count increased slightly so he was put on a new medication.
05/28/2020 -Brody continues to do well and his daily nebulizations have been discontinued.
05/22/2020 -Brody continues to do well.
05/15/2020 -Brody's white cell count remains stable and we have begun to discontinue some of the antibiotics.
05/08/2020 -Brody's white cell count remains stable and we have begun to discontinue some of the antibiotics.
05/01/2020 -Brody's white cell count remains stable. Radiographs reveal that lungs are healing well.
04/28/2020 -Brody's white cell count is remaining within normal limits.
04/17/2020 -Brody's white cell count is now within normal limits. Brody is now able to sleep flat on the bottom of the tank.
04/09/2020 -
Brody's white cell count is coming down with treatment.
03/21/2020 - New Patient