Piggy I'm sorry my post offends you, it wasn't aimed at you, but there are a few very unkind posts on this thread that more than imply the OP is neglectful, which is totally unnecessary when the OP is simply looking for advice. They are the ones my post is aimed at.
You can't win on here sometimes, too much information has it nit picked to shreds & sarcastic comments, too little & you are drip feeding
sometimes people are too backed up with dealing the actual situation in hand to go into too much detail, especially relevant with sick kids, so actually not being neglectful at all & they just need a simple answer to a straight question, which is how I read this.
I did think swine flu tbh, as my cousins daughter had this leg thing as a first symptom when she had it, my daughter had similar with it too.
Having a DD with health problems myself, with all the weird & wonderful signs & symptoms, I know how easy it is to trust your instincts that a situation is okay & then question yourself as you know another mother would likely freak when faced with the same symptoms. Some posters make no allowances for the fact that others aren't them & are unnecessarily rude & accusatory. Surely asking a question, rather than throwing neglect accusations at some poor sod who is simply asking for quick advice would be the kinder thing to do?