It will be interesting if the details are published. It stated that she was severally dehydrated, yet she was near the river. It gave no further information.

Two years ago, I would not have guessed you could get dehydrated drinking all of the water you want - WRONG! Two years ago, I drank out of a sprinkler hose before I remembered it was hooked up to the irrigation out of the duck pond. I drank the water at 11:00 AM. At 9:00PM I went to bed sick with diarrhea and flu like symptoms.

For the next three days I fought dehydration and diarrhea with large amounts of every liquid I could think of. I finally wimped out on the third and was admitted to St Als hospital in Boise near death with Campylobacter. Doctors said I would not have made it another day. It is spread by wild water foul.

Gardia, you can tough out for weeks and months by avoiding rare meat. Campylobacter or Chororia untreated is death. The treatment of either is quite simple and effective with a prescription.