151 when carolyn lloyd and her daughter from north carolina disappeared while hiking in new zealand lloyd had to summon her survival instincts when her daughter started to suffer and die slowly during their days in the wilderness she was fading on me said lloyd 45 as a mother its terrifying i took a tumble on the water and hit my head on the rock pretty bad said her daughter 22yearold rachel lloyd rachel who graduated from north carolina state university in december is in new zealand studying at massey university her mother was visiting the duo intended to embark on a oneday hike on tuesday but they got lost and stranded in a rugged area of tararua forest park the pair huddled together for warmth and rationed their supplies as they spent four nights in near freezing temperatures i was speaking with my mom i was actually sic had to go through kind of my dying wishes which was the hardest thing watching my mom watch me suffer and die slowly rachel said my mom was incredible she carried me on her back for a little while when she could i was scared to death carolyn said i thought they wouldnt find us but they made two help signs and arrows pointing to their location jason diedrichs director and chief pilot with amalgamated helicopters told abc news this photo of one of their help signs was first obtained by the new zealand herald a photo first obtained by the new zealand herald shows a help sign made by a mother and daughter from north carolina who went missing while hiking in new zealand show more courtesy amalgamated helicopters the two were found saturday and airlifted to a hospital the new zealand herald reported diedrichs said rachel was very weak and dehydrated as they had very little food over the course of the four days rachels father barry lloyd told abc news today that rachel is still in the hospital and should be making a full recovery carolyn meanwhile was healthy when they were found and was never admitted to the hospital he said barry lloyd told abc news hes grateful to the people of new zealand for helping find his wife and daughter he said rachel plans to stay in new zealand to finish her semester abroad abc news ben stein and sarah herndon contributed to this report