She must be a mentally pretty tough young girl. I hope the media doesn’t hound her for a story.
That's what garden hoses (in winter) are for.
As far as mental toughness, she didn't have much choice.
The part of the story we never need to hear, is how she managed her emotions and demeanor with the maggot to avoid being killed for 87 days.
Elizabeth Smart managed 9 months of daily rape (and neither of her captors got the needle either

).