A teenage boy who spent two nights lost in the bush in near-freezing conditions at Mount Disappointment, north of Melbourne, has spent the night in hospital after being reunited with his family.
William Callaghan remains in Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) because doctors believe he may have an insect stuck in his ear.
Speaking outside the hospital this morning, his mother Penny Callaghan said her son may also need to have a cast fitted for a suspected broken foot.
"I don't know how he'll cope with that," she said.
William, who is 14, has autism and is non-verbal.
Ms Callaghan said an ear, nose and throat specialist would attempt to remove the insect from Will's ear today.
"There are difficulties with that because he's not going to be compliant," Ms Callaghan said.
"He doesn't understand what's going on, why people are trying to touch him and poke him and prod him."
William was separated from his father on the south side of the summit of Mount Disappointment about 2:20pm on Monday, prompting a three-day search of the area.
He was found by volunteer Ben Gibbs around 11:55am yesterday, about 1.5 kilometres from the command post and about 10 minutes off the track in bushland.
Mr Gibbs said William didn't have anything on his feet so he put some socks, a jacket and a hat on the boy and gave him some chocolate.
"He was happy to get the chocolate," Mr Gibbs said.
He had heard William liked Thomas the Tank Engine so he talked to him about some of the characters including Diesel and Bertie.
"I just took my time."
Eventually the pair made their way back towards the search base camp, with Mr Gibbs carrying William some of the way.
William was then taken to the hospital for treatment, including for abrasions on his feet and face.
RCH emergency medicine deputy director Joanne Grindlay said yesterday William had managed to avoid hypothermia.
"Probably because he's an active young man," Dr Grindlay said.
"Children are often a lot more resilient than us adults."
Ms Callaghan said she could not wait to meet the man who found her son.
"He clearly did all the right stuff. What an amazing guy," she said
"From what I can tell he gave him the clothes off his back including his socks and his shoes."
More to come.
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