Hi everyone so I've posted here before about the same issue.
My son will turn 4 in July, about 4 weeks ago he had a cold, I knew he wasn't well because he was very wingy and tired runny nose etc and a slight cough. I don't know what made me touch his neck as no lump is viable but I did and I felt something move when I felt his neck, it was a lump I'd say about 1.5cm round and movable, I called the doctor the next day who told me it was most likely a reactive node due to his cold and to call back in 2 weeks if it got bigger or was still their, a week later my son came down with another cold, when I checked the lump I felt another one next to it the first lump about the same size, also movable ( although bearing in mind I've been feeling his neck which he is very skinny whilst he was lying down asleep with his neck to the side, so they don't feel this big when you feel them in the normal position, plus I keep touching them alot so I could be making them more bigger than they are) when it hit 2 weeks both lumps where still their, I called the doctor again who didn't want to even check him again he just said it was likely another reactive node due to the second bout of the cold and they can take time to go down and to give it another week or so and call back if they are still their.
As someone who has suffered with lymph nodes since I was a child ( and still do now) I know they don't always take 2 or 3 weeks to go down, some of mine are and always have been permanently up for years now in my neck, behind ears and arms.
They are still their and its been 4 weeks now, no bigger, I'd say they have slightly reduced in size, he has also just a week ago on the same size had an accident and cut just above his eye which needed gluing so I don't know whether that's delaying them going down too.
I've called the doctor back today but I can't even get an appointment with the doctor let alone a phone call, theyve told me to complete an online triage form so I'm waiting to hear back which can take 3 days.
He is completely normal in himself, very active, eating normally etc but I suffer with severe health aniexty and I am thinking the worst and keep breaking down in tears thinking something is really wrong, my husband told me last night to get them checked to at the very least put my kind at rest.
Is this normal? I know it's very common for kids to have swollen nodes but this big? I'd say the about 1.5cm, I do think they've reduced on size slightly but definwgely still there. Just looking for some reassurance 😔