dehydrate

But on this trek he had lost his pack and was at the mercy of the elements ever since, hungry, dehydrated and shivering under a bed of needles.

Dr Anand said surgery could not be performed immediately as the baby was dehydrated, malnourished and first had to be stabilised.

“When you’re sick and potentially dehydrated, the tax of pitching in a game wasn’t worth it,” Roberts said.

During the seven weeks he lived with them, he became severely malnourished, dehydrated, and had more than 40 injuries on his body when he died.

Police say he was severely dehydrated and had a leg injury but used a number of tactics to survive, including building a shelter and drinking pond water.