ORCHARD MESA, Colo -- Four-year-old Alyssa is familiar with visits to doctors, dermatologists, and even the emergency room.

Prescribed steroids and other medication are treating her itchy condition that started about the time she joined Head Start.

"She’s had rashes on and off for about two years, she's attended head start for two years," Morgan Sanchez, Alyssa’s mother said.

When a mold infestation closed the Head Start building in Orchard Mesa, Sanchez started to wonder if that’s what was making her daughter sick.

"During summer time she is not sick. When she goes back to school it seems like she's sick all the time,” Sanchez said. “It gets so bad that I can’t even send her to school because she's afraid other little kids will make fun of her."

Now Sanchez is requesting a copy of the mold report.

"I’d like to take them to her health care provider to find out if the reason for her rash is, and the reason for her sickness is, due to the mold infestation," Sanchez said.

But so far, her requests have been denied.

"They’re saying that just visually looking at it, we can't have copies, should be suitable enough," she said.

Without a copy of the report doctors can't be certain if Alyssa’s condition resulted from the school’s mold.

"They did state there is a possibility that her rash is linked to the mold from the building,” Sanchez said.

We reached out to Rocky Mountain Head Start officials but they were unable to comment at this time. {C}

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