My DS is 3 and has always been quite a skinny child on the pale side with eye bags (his dad has them too). I had wondered about allergies before and he was tested for a few different allergies as he was reacting to tomatoes but grew out of it. Nothing came out of it apart from tomatoes but as far as I remember he wasn't tested for wheat.
He doesn't get ill very often, only the usual childhood illnesses from nursery and he hadn't actually vomited since he was a baby - if he had an upset stomach it would come out the other end (tmi!). In the past month though he has had 2 illnesses with vomiting a couple of times and high temperatures. He has recently also noticeably lost weight. We have noticed blood twice on wiping although it was bright red, small amount and we presumed a little tear. He has very frequent bowel movements - often on the softer side. He is currently extremely tired to the point where it is hard to get him off the sofa. He did however go to nursery yesterday and they said that he was his normal self and ate well. Today he is back on the sofa. We have noticed a change in his behaviour - he has been quite erratic and very up and down especially with my DH. For example, last night he woke up screaming and shouting and calling for my DH but when he went in DS was trying to hit him, saying he wanted to hurt him and the next minute asking him to stay in his bed with him. It has reached the stage now where he looks dreadful - like a child with anemia I think. His neck is full of glands too. He just doesn't seem right. All of these things can be logically attributed to something else but listed together may point to something ifykwim. We have a history of type 1 diabetes (me), coeliac (my dad), leukaemia (I have no idea if this is hereditary but my dad lost his sister to this when she was 18, my gran (her mother) also had it.
I took DS to the gp yesterday and I have to go back today with a urine sample. I also have to wait a couple of days for a letter for a pedeatrician who will arrange blood tests. The GP said he has a bit of tonsillitis and has prescribed him AB's. She dictated a letter and she listed the behavioural change as the first issue - I'm not sure if this is significant at all.
I'm having moments where I think oh he's fine just a bit run down but then other moments when I have a blind panic thinking 'what if he isn't?'. I'm not sure what I'm hoping for in writing this but it's good to get it down.
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Not sure if I'm being neurotic about DS aged 3
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clucky80 · 11/06/2014 08:25
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