Hi,
Im not sure if this is just me having read something and now being worried or there’s more to it, but I’m a bit worried about how ill my DD has been. She’s 2 1/2 and for the last 18 months she has had every bug going - 3 rounds of tonsillitis, chicken pox, an unspecified viral rash, lots and lots of coughs, colds, fevers etc
I took her to the doctor who said basically, all toddlers of this age are getting this ill because they didn’t have the opportunity in their first year to build up an immune system. However, she has recently been complaining of sore inner elbows and knees and today has been sent home from nursery again with a temp of 40. Her most recent illness was a cough which has been ongoing for months at nighttime, the doctor said to try a ventolin inhaler before bed which has worked.
im now a bit worried about the symptoms of ongoing episodes of fever, illness, runny noses which won’t shift, but now leg and arm pain being potential symptoms for childhood leukemia. She seems well enough in herself, eating and drinking as normal, wet nappies, no excessive bruising, tiredness or lethargy.
What should i do from here - does this sound like standard covid baby illness or would you push for a referral for something more?
im not really an anxious person but something about an ill child has pushed something in me!