To combat potential infection, the turtle is currently being treated with high-powered antibiotics. The team is dedicated to her healing and swift return to the ocean.
“Luckily, right now, her neurologic exam shows that all those nerves are intact. And that is a great sign for her. We’re very excited about that and we’ll just be rechecking to make sure that we have no progression of the disease, and as soon as we feel like that wound is healed well enough, she can go back out into the wild,” Barron told Associated Press.