It’s been a bit of a stressful few days
DD had a lump/swelling suddenly came up on her face/jaw area. At first they thought it was likely a swollen lymph node and A&E sent us home as they couldn’t do an ultrasound at the time.
But later that day it became bigger, more red and hot, so we ended up back at the hospital. They admitted her onto children’s A&E, did blood tests, gave her IV antibiotics and arranged an ultrasound.
The scan showed it is a swollen lymph node. Bloods and chest X-ray have thankfully come back reassuring/normal, but they also had to do blood tests checking for things like lymphoma and leukaemia too, so it’s all been a bit worrying 😫
They think it’s most likely some kind of localised infection or inflammatory reaction. They’ve also tested for viral causes which take a couple of days to come back.
She’s now on 2 weeks of antibiotics and has to go back for another ultrasound in a couple of weeks to make sure it’s going down properly But hopefully it starts settling soon.
She’s been absolutely fine in herself through it all thankfully, but it’s definitely been an emotional few days. I feel reassured but still on edge until it’s gone completely , the swelling around it has come down but the node is still hard and there
anyone with any experience of this? The lump is around 5cm