Something not right with 3yr old

She said if the scan shows anything she will contact me by phone, if it is clear I will get a letter, then he will have a follow up in 3 months time.. but the antibiotics haven't helped the pain and limp, he was sat playing earlier and rubbing his knee and when I just put him to bed he was asking to go to the doctor because his knee hurts so I've given him ibuprofen.. just feel like nobody seems to care. If they say they can't get him in any quicker after it's been delayed by 2 weeks already then I think it's time I kick up a fuss! I've been messed about alot since his symptoms began and I think it's disgusting that he still hasn't had things ruled out 10 weeks later!

It's absolutely shocking isn't it! 10 weeks he's had this issue and it's still going on! The amount of times I've been sent back and forth and then they messed up the peds referral twice and I just called the pediatrician and she was like I'm so sorry they are right I didn't send the referral I will send it right now! So I have to call ultrasound again tomorrow to make sure it's gone through and then tell them I want him seen asap because we have already waited 2 weeks because she forgot to send the referral!! I'm in shock at how terribly they have all dealt with this!

I've just called the ultrasound department as PP suggested as we have been waiting over 2 weeks for a letter and she told me they haven't received a referral, my son is not on their system and I need to ring the pediatrician to tell them to refer him! I know the NHS is on its ar...bum! But I should not be still fighting this hard when it has been going on since the 17th of December!! It's an absolute joke.

So frustrating having to wait so long between appointments, he's been to the doctors and hospitals so many times in the last few months and we still have no idea what's going on! When the pediatrician called me to discuss his blood results with me she told me I'll send the referral for the ultrasound now, I thought I'd have had a letter by now with an appointment at least but still nothing, I had thought about calling them but she did say it could be 2-4 weeks of waiting, I think I will give them a call tomorrow though just to make sure it's gone through as when he was supposed to be referred as urgent to peds they had put it through as routine, twice!! Which I only found out as I rang them and this obviously delayed things further! Once it went through as urgent he was seen within 48 hours!

He's still snotty and breathing off because he's so stuffy, still has the knee pain that comes and goes and the limp is definitely more noticeable the more active he is, haven't noticed any rashes since the antibiotics.. still no appointment for his ultrasound, so still just waiting 🙄 I don't feel that the antibiotics are doing much tbh but he still has a couple of days until the course is complete! All the waiting about is so stressful, I need this appointment to come through quick! I thought I would see a drastic change in his symptoms but I haven't so far

Yes I remember your comment saying this, I really hope it's the same with my little boy, nobody seems to know what is causing all his symptoms but infection/inflammotary markers are raised quite high so she is guessing it's some kind of bacterial infection and is hoping the antibiotics work, poor boy I can't remember what he looks like without a snotty nose, he's had a cold for so long, he's always sore under his nose (been putting sudocrem on but he hates it)

Managed to get the antibiotics changed to banana flavour, he took it with no problem, finally! Hopefully this will help ease his symptoms, doctor looked in his throat and said its very slightly red but he wouldn't say looks anything like Strep... whatever is going on with him I'm hoping the antibiotics will sort it out and see if the ultrasound reveals anything

This is what we did, took the lid off syringed it in while he wasn't there then shook it up to mix it in, he had a bit tasted it straight away and spat it out and said don't like it, I've tried everything so all I can do now is try get them changed asap and hope they taste better

I've tried that too, he has had a couple of doses that he eventually swallowed but most of the time he just refuses or spits it out, I'm going to see if they can change it because the taste is so strong, then just hope they kick in quickly and make him better I feel so bad for him

She said that 2 of his infection/inflammatory markers were raised, one being his ESR which she said indicates an infection that has been there for a while.. she has gone with a bacterial infection that she thinks was caused by Strep A (she hasnt swabbed him).. and said to try a 2 week course of antibiotics, I just really need these antibiotics changing and getting into his system to see if it will relieve his symptoms. I'm so worried about him but none of the doctors seem concerned because he doesn't have a high temperature.. seems they just want to wait until things get very bad, untreated bacterial infections can be dangerous and if that's been the cause from the start, he's been having weird symptoms since 17th December, cold/snotty, rashes, knee pain, his breathing sounds terrible but she said the noise is at the top of his chest so not on his lungs, now the strange poo.. things just aren't moving fast enough but unless you're practically dead they don't like to rush appointments and investigations!

Not great, there was a delay in getting the antibiotics and now I have them he's supposed to be on the 4th day but he just will not take them, I've mixed it with milk, juice, yogurt, ice cream and he just spits it out, I'm going to the pharmacy tomorrow to see if they can be changed! He needs them in his body he is still full of a cold, (almost 6 weeks now) he's had really dark runny poo's today and started getting really green mucus in it too (sorry for tmi) but I'm really worried that if it is a bacterial infection then it's working it's way round his body! Still haven't heard anything about his ultrasound to check for fluid round his knee joint, she said that should take 2-4 weeks!