Xavier

Species: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Arrival Date: May 6, 2020
Stranding Location: Jupiter, FL

Initial Weight: 4.84 lbs.
Current Weight: 6.78 lbs.

Issue: Trauma

Xavier is a juvenile green sea turtle patient that was found floating in the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter. The turtle has trauma to its carapace from an unknown cause. The wounds will be treated topically with betadine, honey, and therapeutic laser. Xavier will receive antibiotics and be closely monitored by hospital staff as its injuries are treated.

PROGRESS KEY:

This turtle is progressing well and responding to therapy as desired.

There is a minor issue that we are working to resolve.

More details to follow.

PROGRESS NOTES:

08/18/2020 -Xavier's skin lesions turned out to be fibropapillomatosis and the turtle was transferred to Gumbo
Limbo Nature Center, a facility that has proper procedures in place to treat the condition. With our new expansion, we
will be able to treat these cases on site in the future.

08/13/2020 -Xavier's white cell count has normalized. We are evaluating new skin lesions to rule out FP.

08/06/2020 -Xavier's white cell count continues to be normal but continues to not have use of its hind flippers.

07/30/2020 -Xavier's white cell count continues to be normal.

07/23/2020 -Xavier's white cell count continues to be normal.

07/16/2020 -Xavier's white cell count is now normal.

07/09/2020 -Xavier’s white cell count has increased slightly and the turtle is being monitored closely.

07/02/2020 -Xavier’s white cell count continues to decrease under the new treatment protocol and its wounds are healing well.

06/25/2020 -Xavier's white cell count has decreased under the new treatment protocol and its wounds are healing well.

06/19/2020 -Xavier's white cell count has increased again so a new treatment protocol has been started.

06/11/2020 -Xavier's white cell count is slightly above normal, but no change has been made.

06/05/2020 -Xavier's white cell count has increased and a new medication was added to his treatment plan.

05/28/2020 -Xavier's white cell count is decreasing and he was taken to Jupiter Medical Center this week for CT evaluation of his spinal cord trauma.

05/22/2020 -Xavier's wounds have improved greatly in the last week.