Drugs, despair and waning hope: A girl's struggle with addiction leaves a family wondering what's ...
Drugs, despair and waning hope: A girl's struggle with addiction leaves a family wondering what's ...
- As they drove, they called emergency mental health evaluators. They needed an evaluation, and fast. Otherwise they wouldn’t be able to take Vanessa directly to the hospital. But the evaluators were busy.
So Kevin and Rochelle met the deputy and Vanessa in the parking lot of Spokane’s Juvenile Court. She looked skinny and had sores all over her face.
Vanessa went to Kevin and hugged him. On the drive back to their home, they swung through McDonald’s and bought Vanessa an Egg McMuffin and coffee. Once home she took a 40-minute shower. Then she asked Kevin and Rochelle what was going to happen.
- As they drove, they called emergency mental health evaluators. They needed an evaluation, and fast. Otherwise they wouldn’t be able to take Vanessa directly to the hospital. But the evaluators were busy.
So Kevin and Rochelle met the deputy and Vanessa in the parking lot of Spokane’s Juvenile Court. She looked skinny and had sores all over her face.
Vanessa went to Kevin and hugged him. On the drive back to their home, they swung through McDonald’s and bought Vanessa an Egg McMuffin and coffee. Once home she took a 40-minute shower. Then she asked Kevin and Rochelle what was going to happen.