Boy on breathing machine because DeKalb apartment ignored moral obligation to clean mold, mom says WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

CLARKSTON, Ga. — Krista Durant says her family was unknowingly inhaling toxins in her home which resulted in her 8-year-old son being placed on a breathing machine.

“As a mom, seeing your kid in that kind of condition is like a nightmare,” Durant said.

Durant told Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Ashli Lincoln she wrote letters for months to apartment management at the Silver Oak Apartments in Clarkson to do mold remediation after a water leak from a neighboring apartment caused water damage to her unit.

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“Not only is it a legal obligation of theirs to provide safe living conditions to their residents, it’s also a moral one,” Durant said.

But Durant says management ignored those morals and her son became sicker.

“His oxygen is like low 90′s. His fever is like 102.6,” she said.

She took him to the hospital and, through a blood test, his medical …