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LONG ISLAND GIRL ACCUSED OF DOING DRUGS AMID SEVERE ALLERGY ATTACK AT PROM:
FAMILY


SHE AND HER FATHER SAY SHE WENT INTO ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK BECAUSE OF A SEVERE NUT
ALLERGY; THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS ITS NURSE ACTED IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE GIRL FELL
ILL DURING JUNIOR PROM

BY PEI-SZE CHENG • PUBLISHED 5 HOURS AGO • UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO


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A 17-year-old Long Island girl went into anaphylactic shock at her junior prom
last week, and her father is blasting the school for allowing potentially
critical time to elapse as officials allegedly accused her of using drugs, the
family says.

A 17-year-old Long Island girl went into anaphylactic shock at her junior prom
last week, and her father is blasting the school for allowing potentially
critical time to elapse as officials allegedly accused her of using drugs, the
family says.

Arianna Varghese, who has severe tree nut and peanut allergies, was at Half
Hollows Hills High School West for the dance Friday night when she had a cookie,
she and her dad say. Her throat began to close up, and Varghese and her dad say
the girl asked if the treats had nuts in them. She claims one administrator
answered affirmatively.

The school knows Varghese is allergic to those nuts, her family says. She's been
in the same district since fifth grade. In sixth grade, she accidentally had a
granola bar and the school needed to administer an EpiPen.

She went to the nurse's office as her symptoms worsened Friday and told them she
needed help for an allergic reaction, her family says. They say school staff
persisted in asking her about drugs, then eventually gave her Benadryl.

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The girl vomited it out -- and called her father for help. He lives down the
street from the school and arrived with her EpiPen within minutes, she says. The
nurse took the pen from the dad’s hand and administered it herself.

She ended up being OK. But her father, Daniel, says the nurse should've
recognized her symptoms as indicators of anaphylactic shock. He also claims he
was the one who called the ambulance. He asked why an ambulance wasn't called,
and that's when they called 911. The school disputes this, however, and said
that 911 was called just before the father arrived.

A school district spokesperson said in a statement that the health and
well-being of its students are always top priority, which is why a nurse was on
site for large-scale events like Friday's prom.

"When our nurse was notified that this student was ill, she acted immediately,"
the statement said. "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 non-patient-specific
Epi-Pen, and contacted the student’s parents and first responders."

"From the time the nurse was called and began treating the child to the time
first responders arrived, approximately 15 minutes had passed," the district
added. "We are thankful that our student has recovered and returned to school."


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