She does not want her son's name (and by default, her last name), published due to the overwhelming situation.

"He (Jamshidi) told me that he found him and that he was 'a little bruised and banged.' I said 'well, why?' When you don't have any answers, it's sheer panic."

She got in the car and drove — stopping only to pick up her daughter on the way.

When she arrived, around 4:30 a.m. Monday, her son was in the hospital.

He is in stable condition, and was up walking Tuesday — but his memory is only starting to come back. And he still doesn't know why he was alone in the woods.

"They're assuming it's a fall," his mom says, adding that it's not unusual for her son to hike the area around Tiffany Falls.

"And apparently he usually does go with someone, but for whatever reason — and he himself said it doesn't sound like him — he went by himself."

When they spoke with The Spectator Tuesday, the family was still trying to put the pieces together, combing the ground around the trail area where he was found.

While they're not sure how long he'll have to stay in the hospital, they're grateful it was a doctor who happened to find him:

"I am so thankful (Jamshidi) was there, and did what he did. He probably saved his life. Don't tell me that everybody would do that, because they would not. (My son) looked … like he was drunk when (Jamshidi) first came upon him. But he stopped."

Jamshidi, too, is relieved by the happy ending.

"I'm just glad I didn't panic. I've never led a trauma call before, I'm quite junior … but to know my heart wasn't coming through my chest and I kept a cool head and went through the protocol was … yeah, I'm glad."

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