I know this has probably been threaded a few times, and I’ve read through a lot of them.
My son is 2.5 and recently he has some things cropping up making me worried about leukaemia.. but I don’t know if I’m just being anxious.
A couple of weeks ago he randomly got a limp. GP wasn’t worried as he was putting weight on it, not in pain etc. He still has it now but so very slightly it’s not noticeable. I wasn’t happy with GP views on it as it just seemed odd to me with no injury.
He sleeps quite a lot! He sleeps 12+ hours at night and an hour nap in the day, which we cap. He would nap for ages otherwise and affect his bedtime. But between his sleeps he yawns a lot and seems to be tired but not enough that it stops him doing usual activities.
He doesn’t eat as much as he used to, though he DOES eat. Never meals really, only snacks and picks. I know this could be usual toddler behaviour. I’ll weigh him tonight to see where he is on his curve as he hasn’t been weighed in a while so I wouldn’t know if he’s lost weight.
He bruises easily, so many bruises on his legs. Again this could be normal toddler clumsiness!
He seems to get ill regularly but he goes to nursery and again, I know that’s normal..
Of course he doesn’t seem severely unwell or I would have taken him to be seen by now, but it’s these little things accumulating which is making me question it. I’ve also read children with leukaemia not being seriously unwell so I know it’s not mutually exclusive!
I need to book his flu jab in so wondering whether my concerns are enough to raise this too? GP constantly fobs off with ‘viral infection’ .. even his limp was said to be caused by a viral infection..
Thank you if you have read this far!