Man, 76, survives 10 days in the desert using ‘Boy Scout’ skills

“I thought it was bad news, but it was very good news,” she said by
telephone from the couple’s home in Littleton, Colorado, US.
“I didn’t know what to even do or say.”

James Klemovich has diabetes, wears a pacemaker and had a triple bypass heart
surgery, his wife said.

He told her he wasn’t panicking while he sat for days waiting for Szabo’s
return, she said. He kept a journal, noting how much water he drank and what
he did each day. And he wrote a letter each day for her.

Drinking regularly was likely the biggest factor in his survival despite the
diabetes that could have sent his blood sugar dangerously out of whack,
according to Rita Kalyani, who teaches endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine in Baltimore.

During a fast, she said, the body can draw glucose from the liver or from fat
stores to keep levels from dropping too low. But having enough water is
essential to flush out excess glucose and prevent levels from rising too
high.

When the military personnel found Klemovich, they gave him a banana, two
oranges and three boiled eggs, he told his wife.

Szabo, of Lovelock, Nevada, was found dead about a mile and a half away . An
autopsy is being performed.

Klemovich said her husband hasn’t been talking much about his friend and that
she doesn’t know whether Szabo has any close relatives.

“When I first talked to him I could tell he’d been through an ordeal,”
she said. “When he called back, he sounded pretty good.”

James Klemovich is still in Nevada, waiting for the car to be recovered before
returning home. He was treated and released from a hospital.

Source: agencies

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