re: The Papini kidnapping, tonights 20/20

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she wasn't even kept overnight at the hospital

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This also does not make sense... Even if her injuries were not life threatening, but according to her husband, she was starved during her captivity. If true, she was most likely need to be treated for moderate to severe dehydration and gastritis.

Medically, that cannot be done overnight with only a few boluses of saline. The rehydration process is slow the avoid cerebral edema. Patients with severe dehydration/starvation usually also need to be treated for gastritis with the slow introduction of oral intakes which need to be observed in a hospital setting.

Makes you wonder exactly how battered her condition was.