My son, who is nearly 7, came home from school on Tuesday morning saying he felt unwell, but couldn’t explain exactly what was wrong, but since then has been extremely pale, and is sleeping excessively. For example, he slept 15 hours overnight, was tired all day and then took himself to bed at 5pm…he then slept approx 11 hours last night, then had to go back to sleep after an hour of being awake. Husband accidentally woke him, so my son and I chatted for a few minutes and then he said he just needed to sleep again. He doesn’t have a fever or any pain.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? We have a GP appt this morning where I’d like to request a blood test.
It’s incredibly odd and reminds me so much of when I had glandular fever as a teenager….just that unrelenting need for sleep.