My son is 2 (nearly 3) and was complaining about "sore eyes" for a few days. I took him to see the GP (no problems with vision) who seemed a little concerned due to the oddness of the symptom.
They thought it may possibly be a red flag for meningitis as light aversion / eye pain is a symptom. As he seemed otherwise okay they sent me home with strict instructions to watch out for any other symptoms I.e. the telltale rash, not eating/drinking, lethargic, fever etc etc and if he became unwell to take him to be seen.
I have a checkup with them early next week.
The thing is, he has since that GP appointment seemed fine in himself (aside from occasionally telling me his eyes and tummy hurt). He is eating a little less but not drastically so and is still drinking and having wet nappies. Seems happy enough playing and so on.
He's just randomly spiked a temperature this afternoon of 38.3. He has been absolutely fine all day other than not really fancying much to eat. Not upset, not sleepy, not clingy etc.. the only reason I checked his temp was because he felt hot when I changed his nappy.
Basically my AIBU was would you rush to an out of hours tonight due to this (because of the GPs concerns re meningitis and telling me to get him seen if any other symptoms) or would you just wait until GPs app early next week and mention it then?
Obviously I intend to keep an eye on him and if he does actually appear to be unwell I will take him of course but he seems perfectly happy.