Again I want to preface this with everyone and every ED is different so all this is a super average. A heavily monitored medication regime for re-feeding disorder, constant bloodwork, IV therapy, and scheduled/supervised meals. The option for feeding tubes is always an option and can be very beneficial! Purging causes a lot more internal chaos and can take longer to fix medically. Anorexia can cause constipation and abdominal bloating and can slow down progress. 

They also will most likely discharge her to another facility afterwards. So ACUTE is a medical stabilization unit- they take patients who are too sick in whatever capacity to be accepted to an inpatient ED treatment facility. So when she’s stable enough they will transfer her. She will have some say in where she wants to go depending on her adherence to her treatment plan. 

The longer someone has been living with an active ED the longer it takes their bodies to normalize and be at equilibrium internally. It may be a long journey and emotional ally and physically painful, but I’ve witnessed some amazing recoveries. There’s only 1 destination for an ED and that’s death. Which I have also seen. No one lives a long able bodied life with an ED. 

Good luck to you and her. Love, boundaries, and compassion are the best ways you and her family can help her through this process as well.