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“They let us go two-by-two to speak to her and stand at a distance at first because she’d been through a lot,” the father said, adding, “I had to keep looking to make sure it was her.”
“It was more important to have her back. I was so overwhelmed. Later on, when I hugged her, I just went into tears. She put her hand over my shoulder and patted my back and said, ‘It’s okay,’” he recalled.
Thomas said she has lost a lot of weight. He also noted that she’s a bit more “edgy”. “She used to be more outgoing, much more exuberant, and now she can’t really take a lot of stimulus right now,” he explained.
The father said he’s been able to see her several times since then, saying she’s relaxing little by little but “you can still tell she’s very sensitive to too much going on."
“It’s going to be that way for a while probably from what she’s been through,” he said, noting that she’ll be getting counseling.
He said they’re going to give her space and try to keep things very calm for her, make sure she has what she needs to adjust to life back home.
Thomas also said they haven’t spoken about her experiences while she was gone, saying, “We haven’t gotten to that yet.”
http://wkrn.com/2017/04/24/father-of-elizabeth-thomas-opens-up-about-daughters-rescue-return-home/
“It was more important to have her back. I was so overwhelmed. Later on, when I hugged her, I just went into tears. She put her hand over my shoulder and patted my back and said, ‘It’s okay,’” he recalled.
Thomas said she has lost a lot of weight. He also noted that she’s a bit more “edgy”. “She used to be more outgoing, much more exuberant, and now she can’t really take a lot of stimulus right now,” he explained.
The father said he’s been able to see her several times since then, saying she’s relaxing little by little but “you can still tell she’s very sensitive to too much going on."
“It’s going to be that way for a while probably from what she’s been through,” he said, noting that she’ll be getting counseling.
He said they’re going to give her space and try to keep things very calm for her, make sure she has what she needs to adjust to life back home.
Thomas also said they haven’t spoken about her experiences while she was gone, saying, “We haven’t gotten to that yet.”
http://wkrn.com/2017/04/24/father-of-elizabeth-thomas-opens-up-about-daughters-rescue-return-home/