My Red Earred Slider Turtles NEEDS HELP!

Question
My small around 9 months old Red Earred Slider Turtles, named Pebbles. Has swollen shut eyes and makes weird wheezing sounds when breathing. I tried turtle eye drops and don't think they are getting in to the eye because they are so swollen. I also tried vitamin powder by sprinkling some on his food. Pebbles is eating, but you have to poke the food (live crickets is all Pebbles will eat other than dried shrimp) with a tooth pick and shove it in Pebbles face. Please help and note that im only 12 and cannot really afford a vet. I have $200 saved up.  PLEASE HELP ME AND MY TURTLE I WILL BE HEART BROKEN IF SHE DOES NOT LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer
A vet can see your turtle for under $200.  http://www.arav.org may help you find a good reptile vet near you.  (Dog and cat vets often don't know much about reptile medicine).

Part of the cost of pet ownership is the cost of veterinary care.  The sooner your sick animal sees a vet, the less the cost will be, and the better chance the turtle will live.  Delay, and it may cost more, and the turtle might die anyhow.

The fact that the turtle is eating is a good sign, but the swollen eyes mean either an infection or vitamin A deficiency, most likely.  The wheezing may be due to a respiratory infection.  Infections can be treated with antibiotic injections, and vitamin deficiencies can be treated using supplements (and possibly an injection to help raise levels quickly).  These things are quite low cost, particularly when compared with some of the routine vet treatments that cats and dogs need.

Do you have a book on red-eared slider care, and do you have a proper setup for him?  Red-eared sliders need special care in order to survive in captivity.  They must have controlled temperatures (exact temperatures, not just a guess), UVB light, and very clean water.  They need calcium supplements on their food.

Without heat, turtles cannot digest their food properly, and are susceptible to respiratory infections.  (Too much heat, and they could die of heat stress).  

No UVB, and turtles will develop soft shell.  Just as we can make vitamin D in our skin when we go in the sun, so can reptiles.  Reptiles, however, don't use vitamin D supplements in their food very well, so they NEED sunlight--or a special light that generates UVB--in order to get enough vitamin D.
Vitamin D is needed in order for them to use calcium.  Without it, they cannot use calcium, and their bones and shell will grow soft, they may get swollen limbs, and deformities, and will eventually die.

Without clean water, they will get all sorts of infections.

Without calcium, again, they will develop soft shell.  (Crickets are high in phosphorus.  You need about twice as much calcium as phosphorus in order to use calcium properly, so that is why you have to put calcium dust on crickets).

If you have trouble understanding any of this, ask a parent to help you.  Parents are responsible for the welfare of pets that their children own, and your parents should help you with the vet care, if you cannot afford it.