>>> NOW AT 5:30, A SERIOUS SCARE
FOR A 17-YEAR-OLD AT HER JUNIOR
PROM THIS PAST WEEKEND.
SHE HAS A SEVERE NUT ALLERGY AND
WHEN SHE ATE A COOKIE AT THE
DANCE THAT SHE DIDN’T REALIZE
HAD NUTS IN IT, SHE HAD A
SERIOUS REACTION.
THE SCHOOL NURSE APPARENTLY
THOUGHT SHE WAS ON DRUGS, THOUGH.
AND DIDN’T IMMEDIATELY
ADMINISTER A SHOT FROM AN EPIPEN.
THAT’S WHAT THE FAMILY SAYS
HAPPENED.
THE SCHOOL DISAGREES.
AND NEWS 4’S PEI-SZE CHENG
TALKED TO EVERYONE INVOLVED
TODAY, INCLUDING THAT GIRL AND
HER DAD.
WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SAY?
>> Reporter: WELL, ADAM, THIS
TEENAGER HAS LIVED WITH THIS NUT
ALLERGY HER ENTIRE LIFE.
SO LAST FRIDAY WHILE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE, WHEN HER THROAT
STARTED CLOSING UP, SHE SAYS SHE
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
SHE WAS TRYING TO TELL THE NURSE
THIS, BUT SHE SAYS THE NURSE JUST KEPT ASKING HER WHAT DRUG
SHE HAD JUST TAKEN. JUNIOR PROM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR
17-YEAR-OLD ARIANA VARGHESE AND
HER FRIENDS.
BUT SHE ENDED UP IN A HOSPITAL
AFTER A SCARY INCIDENT. >> I ATE THE WHOLE THING AND
FELT MY THROAT START TO, LIKE,
IT STARTED TINGLING.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IT WAS A
COOKIE ON THE DESSERT TABLE THAT
MADE HER SICK.
SHE’S ALLERGIC TO NUTS AND TREE
NUTS. SHE WENT TO THE NURSE’S OFFICE,
BUT SHE SAYS THE NURSE WAS
CONVINCED IT WASN’T A COOKIE,
BUT SOMETHING ELSE.
>> NOT ASKING, LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED, IT
WAS IMMEDIATELY, LIKE, ARE YOU ON DRUGS, WHAT DRUGS ARE YOU
TAKING, AND I’M, LIKE, I CAN’T,
LIKE, BREATHE, LIKE I CAN FEEL
MY THROAT, LIKE, START TO CLOSE
UP.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS UPSET BY
THE QUESTIONS, SHE CALLED HER
DAD WHO WAS A P.A. TO BRING AN EPIPEN TO SCHOOL.
THEY LIVE ONLY MINUTES AWAY.
>> I REMEMBER THINKING, LIKE, IS
THIS REALLY HOW I’M GOING TO
DIE, IS THIS IT?
>> Reporter: A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE NURSE
ACTED IMMEDIATELY.
THE NURSE BEGAN EVALUATING THE
STUDENT’S VITALS, ASKED
QUESTIONS TO ASSESS WHAT CARE
WAS NEEDED, BEGAN TREATMENT FOR
AN ALLERGIC REACTION INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENADRYL
AND A NONPATIENT SPECIFIC
EPIPEN.
>> EVEN WHEN I WALKED IN, THE
NURSE PULLS ME ASIDE AND SAYS YOU NEED TO BE HONEST WITH US,
WHAT SUBSTANCE IS SHE TAKING.
I SAID, THIS IS NOT SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THIS IS AN ANAPHYLACTIC
REACTION, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK.
THIS IS BASIC.
>> Reporter: DANIEL SAYS THE
SCHOOL DIDN’T CALL AN AMBULANCE
FOR HIS DAUGHTER UNTIL HE ASKED
FOR ONE.
THE DISTRICT DISPUTES THAT
SAYING AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED
JUST BEFORE DANIEL ARRIVED.
SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE
WAS EVALUATED AND SENT HOME.
THE FAMILY IS SHARING THEIR
STORY TO MAKE OTHER PARENTS
AWARE. >> BASIC LIFE SAVING TREATMENT
WAS KEPT FROM HER.
IT WAS DENIED TO HER.
BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT DRUG SHE WAS TAKING.
>> Reporter: NOW THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT SAYS THE NURSE ACTED
IMMEDIATELY AND THAT THERE WAS
15 MINUTES OF TIME THAT HAD
LAPSED BETWEEN THE TIME THE NURSE FIRST SAW ARIANNA AND WHEN