DS who is 2 has been unwell for the last 8 days. He was a little clingy the weekend before last, and had a runny nose but he was fine, however last Monday I got called to pick him up from nursery as he was lethargic and off food/wouldn't take water.
His key worker scared the life out of me by asking me if I knew the symptoms for sepsis, so I took him straight to the GP. I was told that he has a virus and it would take up to 14 days for recovery and to return if he didn't feel better after that, and to keep him hydrated etc.
On the Tuesday after talking to DH and nursery we realised he hadn't opened his bowels for 4 days, and thought constipation could be why he was not his normal self, so I went back to the GP for some laxatives which he had had previously. He also developed a temperature which was 39.5, which lasted pretty much until yesterday afternoon.
It's now been a week and he's still really lethargic. He hasn't played with any of his toys since the Sunday before he became unwell, isn't really taking much interest in his favourite CBeebies shows, and just wants to sleep constantly. DS has had viruses in the past but they've never lasted so long and he's never been so unlike his normal self.
Does this potentially sound like it could be more than just a virus?
Would I be unreasonable to take him back to the GP before the end of the 14 day recovery period?