A 15-year-old teen girl miraculously survives a fentanyl scare. Her best friend, however, could not make it out alive after she ingested an identical pill. Heather's parents tell FOX 11 they have talked to their daughter about the dangers of drugs.
"She has a strain around her heart muscle and the central nervous system is involved, so she couldn't move her legs and she was out of it for the first two days. She just lost her best friend, so we're giving her time. We're not pressing her about anything. We're just letting her heal. We're devastated," said Wheatley."We talk to our kids. We tell our kids about the dangers of all types of things in life.
"This could have happened elsewhere. I understand people want to point the finger and say well if the parents would talk to their kids and inform them about this, but we're talking about kids who are going to good schools. These kids come from good families. Melanie has a good family so for them to say it's the parenting, or it's this, no, it's the times we're living in. This is an epidemic," said Wheatley.
"They just started going to Bernstein. It's not like they know the area of where to go to find drugs. These kids don't know where to find drugs in Hollywood. They come from a whole different part of town. It's unbelievable, and it's unacceptable because we never would have expected it to happen there," said Wheatley."She's a good girl. They're good kids. She doesn't get in any trouble. At the previous school, she's never been in any trouble.