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Ruby Stein, an 85-year-old great-grandmother from Colorado, was heading home from visiting her granddaughter when she took a wrong turn that put her life in danger. 9 News Denver reports that she ended up on a muddy, snowy back road, and her car got stuck, leaving her stranded in the mountains for five days.

Her cell phone lost its signal, and her battery eventually died, meaning she couldn't flash her lights to call for help. All she had to eat were Rice Krispie treats and a partially eaten sweet roll, which she was rationing, and she melted snow in a can on her dashboard to stay hydrated. She barricaded herself under a pile of clothes in the back seat of her Nissan Sentra.

And the whole time, she was caring for her cat, Nikki, who kept her warm by sleeping on her chest. Stein told the Denver Post that she was considering eating Nikki's dry cat food next. "When my Rice Krispies treat was getting close, I thought, 'It might be good,' " Stein said. "I was looking out the window for foliage or something else to eat."

"I keep myself very calm, which surprised me. Of course, if you raise five kids, you know," Stein told ABC 7 Denver. "What will be, will be. You just got to accept it."

She ended up staying alive for five days until locals, who were looking for a place to hike, found her in the car. "I heard a voice coming from the back seat of the car very faint," Dan Higbee told 9 News. "[She said] 'No, I'm not okay I've been here since Tuesday and I need help.'"

Once they got to her, the hikers were surprised at how positive she was. In fact, she kept talking so much that they had to remind her to drink water and eat a sandwich. Thanks to her resourcefulness, she didn't have frostbite or hypothermia.

They ended up contacting her granddaughter, Alee Preuss, who had been frantic since the disappearance. They had put out a statewide missing person alert, but figured she would be along the interstate, where she was supposed to be driving.

"She means the world to absolutely every single one of us," Preuss told the Post. "We love her to pieces. She's right back to her normal self."

Now, Stein and her cat are in good health and good spirits. Her family wants her to stop driving, but she's not so sure she's ready — even after this ordeal. "I said, 'They better not take my car!'" she told the newspaper. "I've driven since I was 12 years old out on the farm in Kansas."

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