Photo of turtle on arrival affected by red tide toxicosis.

11/11 Turtle was found floating near Venice Inlet and was brought to the Hospital for rehabilitation.  Turtle appears to have red tide toxicosis.  Treatment has been initiated. 11/12 Turtle appears the same, no change.  Not able to swim. White count is very high. 11/15 Turtle is still not strong enough to be in water, but seems slightly improved. 11/28 Very little improvement in the last 10 days or so.  Still floating on a pad and being tube-fed. 12/8 Turtle is not doing very well, but still being tube-fed.  Not very responsive. 12/14 Still no change, but we have begun a new treatment.  Turtle has been diagnosed with lungworms, only the second case ever diagnosed in turtles, and is being treated for that as well. 12/19 Unfortunately, the turtle died late yesterday afternoon.  Necropsy this morning revealed an enlarged liver and spleen and a fungal pneumonia. Samples were collected for toxin analysis.