5/2 Turtle was found on South Jupiter Island in the ICW.  It is affected with fibropappiloma tumors on its skin and eyes, and also had braided fishing line hanging out of its mouth.  Turtle was originally taken to Clearwater Marine Aquarium and was then transferred to the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital for care.  Gastroscopy of the fishing line revealed that it extended all the way through the stomach into the intestines and could not be removed by scope.  Line was cut as short as possible and will now be observed to see if it will pass on through the intestines. 5/18 Turtle is eating well and passing feces well, but has not passed line, yet. 5/23 Turtle is now gaining weight. 5/25 Began a series of radiographs (x-rays) with a contrast similar to barium to determine if there is any blockage in the intestine.  Because of the slow gut transit time in turtles, this will likely take several days. 6/1 Contrast study continues with no evidence of blockage, although the fishing line was visualized about half way through the intestinal tract.  Have started new treatment to try to move the line along, hoping we can avoid surgical removal of the line. 6/7 Turtle had laser surgery this morning to remove the tumors from both eyes and over the remainder of its body.  Surgery went very well. 6/15 Turtle continues to do well following laser surgery. Turtle still has not passed the line, so may be necessary to do surgical removal soon. 6/19 Turtle is healing very well following laser surgery. 7/12 Surgical sites are almost completely healed.  Turtle has begun to run a high white count and had been put on a new antibiotic. 7/20 Turtle has some new, unusual lesions.  Took biopsy earlier this week and waiting on results. 7/30 We have identified a new virus from the unusual lesion biopsy.  Turtle is doing very well and lesions are not getting worse. 8/7 Lesions are improved.  We are doing a contrast x-ray study in preparation for surgery to remove line internally. 8/22 Still doing well. 9/1 Continuing to do well. 9/11 Turtle had surgery last week to remove the remainder of the line.  An enterotomy was performed and turtle is slowly recovering. 9/19 White count has gone up significantly, so have changed antibiotics. 9/28 White count is much better.  Doing well. 10/19 Continuing to do well. 10/28 More of the same. 11/13 Still doing well. 11/29 Turtle has been moved to much larger tank and is doing well. 12/14 Turtle had surgery yesterday to treat an abscess that had developed.  Surgery went well and turtle has been started on VAC therapy.  In addition, some new skin lesions have appeared and a biopsy was taken to diagnose them. 12/26 Surgery site is doing well.  Awaiting results of biopsy. 1/15 Biopsy showed nothing serious.  Turtle is doing well and actually getting fat.  Had to decrease its food intake. 1/23 Turtle is continuing to run a very high white count that does not respond to antibiotic or antifungal treatment.  Considering doing a CT to try to locate the cause of the infection. 1/30 Have changed antifungals and the white count is finally almost normal.  Surgery site is almost healed. 2/4 White count is staying down. 3/4 Radiograph revealed no internal tumors, and this turtle is now off all drugs.  Turtle may be releasable soon. 3/13 Turtle will be tagged next Monday in preparation for release in the near future. 3/24 Turtle was released this morning at Stuart, Florida.  Release went very well.