DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A DeKalb County mother says her daughter feared for her life after eating what she thought was candy at Stephenson Middle School in Stone Mountain.

What they're saying:

Madison Tate said her eighth-grade daughter had no idea the gummy a classmate gave her was dangerous.

"She was talking about how she couldn’t breathe or anything," Tate said. "Her heart was racing, she was crying hysterically."

The reaction quickly grew worse.

"Her legs—everything went numb," Tate said. "She said she couldn’t feel her legs or anything."

Tate said her daughter’s heart rate spiked to more than 155, forcing her to rush the girl to the emergency room.

"They had to wheel her in a wheelchair because she couldn’t stand or walk," Tate said. "She said she thought she was about to die."

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