About a month ago my 2yo (almost 3) DS started waking in the night apparently in pain. Lots of grabbing his legs and bouncing up and down, crying. We thought it was growing pains. It happened maybe 3 nights for half an hour or more. The second week the same. The third week the nights were awful (10 hours one night). I called the hv and she thought growing pains. Then it started in the day time as well and it took me ages to click that he felt better after a wee (he didn't say it hurt or his willy was hurting or anything like that) though.
Last Friday night, my husband ended up taking him to a and e on the advice of 111, he had a temp and we were worried it was a urine infection. The said no sign of infection and sent him home. On Wednesday, I took him to the GP, still no sign of infection but protein in the urine. He suggested ballenitis (though no physical sign of that). Yesterday and today he's been wetting himself, getting really upset about needing a wee, refusing to go and holding it etc. he screamed for 2 hours earlier, holding his willy until he wet himself. Called 111 and recommended a and e again. Just got back - no infection in the urine and he 'looks fine'. They made me feel very silly and almost like I was lying (you said he was withholding urine but now you're saying he wet himself 5 times - uhh yes?!)
Still protein but they're not worried about that. Told me to 'keep an eye on' him.
I'm shattered from the nights. He gets so upset and sometimes I have to run a bath and let him stand in it to get him to go.
Any ideas on what this could be, what can I ask for? A referral, more tests?
It's come from out of the blue.