Sea Turtle Hospital announces passing of beloved patient Pickles.
As you may or may not know, Pickles has been in critical condition since our last update. She developed sepsis, which is a generalized blood infection and had severe pneumonia. A blood culture helped our veterinarian, Dr Brooke, to determine which medication would work best for this infection. Pickles was receiving very intensive treatments and extensive care efforts by our wonderful and dedicated veterinary team. Unfortunately, despite all efforts, her infection was too severe, and Pickles continued to slowly decline.
After exhausting all treatment options without success, it was apparent that Pickles prognosis was grave. After a very heart felt discussion, our veterinarian and veterinary team made the decision of humane euthanasia for the best interest of Pickles. These decisions are never easy, especially after dedicating so much effort and care into a patient, We are grateful that we have a team of wonderful people supporting our every effort.
We want to thank every one of Pickles generous sponsors and our friends and followers. It’s people like you that help us with our daily tasks of saving an incredible species. Please rest easy knowing our team went above and beyond for our little Pickles, and although it’s not the outcome any of us wanted, knowledge gained from her will carry her story forward and help us with our continued efforts.
Photo: The Sea Turtle Hospital at UF Whitney Laboratory
