Despite her injuries, Julian hacked her way through the rainforest. She frequently heard planes overhead, but she had no way to signal them. She drank water,but she was too stunned to eat anything at all. On the tenth day, she stumbled onto a canoe and hut, where she was found hours later by Peruvian lumbermen. They tried to treat her injuries. One of them used salt and kerosene to clean out the insects that were buried in her skin