

Named after National Banana Day and in honor of the minions from the movie Despicable Me, Banana will leave the Healing Center with a variety of nicknames including Banana Nut, Nanners, and Nan. “After a couple treatments, Banana’s tumors started to regress and even fall off.”īanana will be released back into the wild at Hightower Beach Park in Satellite Beach tomorrow. 2 Week Extended Forecast in Columbus Zoo, Ohio, USA May 7, 72 / 60 F Rain showers. “Electrochemotherapy worked wonderfully for Banana,” Patterson said. This treatment uses an electroporator to deliver electrotherapy into tumors, making them more permeable and better able to absorb chemotherapy, the zoo reported. The veterinary team used an innovative treatment called electrochemotherapy to remove Banana’s last tumor area. Airport, HI Coldest -35 F Lunenburg County Airport, VA Windiest 27.

It several surgeries to remove the tumors on the outside of the sea turtle and many months to nurse Banana back out of anemia after each surgery. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Weather Forecast, OH 43065 - WillyWeather F 0 3:32 am 22 Apr Relative Humidity 93 Rain Today 0.1in (0.03in Last Hour) Wind WNW 13.8mph Dew Point 46.4 F Pressure 1008.1 hPa Real-Time Extremes Hottest 87.6 F Weno Island - Chuuk Int. “Sea turtles can live a long, normal life with one eye, and this does not stop them from being releasable,” Jess Patterson, Healing Center coordinator and veterinary nurse, said. However, officials said that would not affect him in the wild. Fife had to remove Banana’s eye altogether. Matthew Fife to help remove the tumor over Banana’s eye. The Healing Center brought in Orlando-based veterinary ophthalmologist Dr.
