What is the state of health of each of the children rescued in the Colombian jungle?

The four indigenous children rescued from the Colombian Amazon after 40 days of survival “they are in a satisfactory recovery process”, reported the government on Monday.

leslie (13 years), soleiny (9) Tien Noriel (5) and Cristin (1) were found by military and indigenous rescuers on Friday afternoon. They were underweight and dehydrated in the middle of the jungle in the south of the country, where the plane they were traveling in crashed on May 1.

LOOK HERE: Wilson, the rescue dog that apparently found and accompanied the children in the Colombian jungle but is now lost

Since early Saturday morning they have been recovering in the Central Military Hospital of Bogotawhere they arrived in “acceptable clinical conditions”.

After two days of carethey are in very good spirits, they have been coloring, drawing. They love to talk (….) they have a very good disposition” , said Adriana Velasquezdeputy director of the state Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), in a video sent to the media.

The army released a drawing attributed to the brothers where it appears Wilson, a rescue dog that went missing during the search. The government does not rule out that the animal has crossed with minors at some point in its odyssey.

The only survivors of the plane crash that claimed the lives of their mother and two other adults, the children ate a packet of cassava flour that they found in the wreckage of the aircraft and fruits from the jungle.

The two older sisters recorded this Monday “fever spikes”, while the little Tien Noriel is “monitored” by “any possible contamination in the food he received and that could be affecting him”, explained the director of the ICBF, astrid caceresin an interview with W Radio.

Tien Noriel, the only male in the group, was so weak that he could not walk when he was found, according to the account of the indigenous rescuers who made the first contact with the minors.

“The baby is still in intermediate care, not because of any serious condition but because of closer monitoring in her case due to her age”Cáceres added.

“They have recovered the issue of sleep, that has repaired them a lot”, valued the director of the ICBF.

“The evolution is as expected (…) the prognosis is still two to three weeks” of hospitalization, he anticipated.

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The entity will keep the siblings under its guardianship until a dispute between their relatives is resolved.

Relatives of Magdalena Mucutuythe deceased mother, have denounced that the father of the two younger brothers, Manuel Ranoquemistreated the group, which Ranoque denies.

maternal grandmother, Fatima Valenciatold AFP that he aspires to receive custody of the four children.

Source: Elcomercio

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