Teddy

Teddy
Species: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Arrival Date: January 26, 2018
Stranding Location: St. Lucie, FL
Initial Weight: 112.82 lbs.
Current Weight: 123.53 lbs.
Issue: Chronic Debilitated
Current Condition: Released
Teddy was named for Ted Turner, Turner Foundation chairman and lifelong environmental activist, who received the Eleanor Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award at LMC’s Ninth Annual Go Blue Awards Luncheon, for accelerating marine, land and species conservation, drawing early attention to climate change and supporting research to shape environmental policy and practice. As a business leader, Turner is best known as founder of Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel that transformed the way the world gets its news. Over the past 30 years, Turner has been a bold leader in conservation, environmental education and global philanthropy. Turner also buys land to preserve it, placing him as the second largest individual land holder in North America.
ADMISSION NOTE:
Teddy is a sub-adult loggerhead that was found in the St. Lucie Power Plant intake canal. The initial bloodwork showed anemia and overall poor health due to starvation. Hospital staff administered fluids, antibiotics, iron, and vitamins. Teddy was also started on once daily parenteral nutrition supplementations. The turtle was put into freshwater to remove epibiota and leeches that covered the turtle’s body. We will continue to monitor bloodwork closely as we treat Teddy.
PROGRESS KEY:
This turtle is progressing well and responding to therapy as desired.
PROGRESS NOTES:
05/24/2018 –
05/18/2018 –
05/16/2018 –
05/10/2018 –
05/02/2018 –
04/26/2018 –
04/20/2018 –
04/11/2018 –
04/06/2018 –
03/29/2018 –
03/22/2018 –
03/14/2018 –
03/09/2018 –
03/01/2018 –
02/23/2018 –
02/14/2018 –
01/26/2018 –
01/26/2018 – New patient