So I’ll start by saying I do intend to take my child to see our GP however they’re shut today, and possibly tomorrow, so I’m just looking for a bit of advice until then.
I feel like my 4 year old catches bugs and viruses a lot. Right now he’s on day 7 of another illness and he’s definitely lost weight and seems really pale. I’m not sure if I’m just imaging how often it is so I’ve started writing it down to keep a record. He also seems to be really tired but this could easily be because he is tired and also because he’s recently back at nursery.
He often complains of tummy pain. But in between these episodes he can be full of beans, running around. No concerns from nursery.
He has what I think is a swelling to one end of his collar bone that has come up in the last week or so. It just feels like his bone but sticks out a lot more than the other side if that makes sense? Then this morning I’ve noticed a very small petechial rash, literally only about 4 dots.
I’m sure it’s nothing serious, especially because he bounces back between these illnesses and he doesn’t have any bruises that you might associate with leukaemia. But there’s just this nagging “but what if” voice. So like I say, I will definitely be making an appointment as soon as possible but in the meantime has anyone experienced this and did it, or did it not, turn out to be leukaemia? Thanks!