Poor 3yo DS has had a run of colds, coughs and viruses since starting nursery in September (which I expected) and has been generally run down and not quite himself lately, nothing specific, just 'off' IYSWIM?
On Sunday we were at softplay and as I watched him he kept hunching over hugging his stomach and making a pained face. I asked if he was okay and he said he fell. I had him sit down for a bit then a little later he came to me crying and saying another boy had punched him in the stomach, he was hunching over and hugging himself again. We went home not long after and he seemed fine.
This afternoon he came over all whiney and clingy and had a rare-for-him nap. After his nap he just lay on the sofa, quite pale, and he felt warm to the touch. I gave him some Calpol and he perked up a little but when he was playing he kept hugging his tummy again. I tried to touch it and he wouldn't let me. Then he lay down again for a bit and seemed to perk up again afterwards. He's now in bed, happy enough but fast asleep before his story was even finished (again unheard of for him).
He's been off his food for weeks, not a picky toddler type of off, more of a he has three bites and he's full. My 18mo is eating more than he is. He doesn't seem to be losing weight though so he must be getting enough?
He drinks a lot but our GP did a dip a couple of weeks ago for UTI and sugar, both were normal.
I've had several people comment to me over the last couple of weeks about his face looking puffy around the jaw and chin, just today DM noticed it and said it's like his chin is a double chin because of swelling around his jaw.
Nursery told me today when I picked him up that he hasn't heard them on several occasions today, I thought they meant he was ignoring them but they said no, it was like he actually couldn't hear them. I saw it for myself when I picked him up and they had to call him name three times before he seemed to come to and hear them.
He's drooling and has been drooling since at least Christmas but he has all his teeth so isn't teething. He's constantly wiping his chin and making a 'fffffftttt' sucking back drool noise.
I've now got him booked at the GP tomorrow morning (again) but feel like I'm going in there with a list of vague, non-specific issues that don't seem to add up to much individually but overall are making my little PFB boy drained, pale and not himself :(
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DS is ill *again*
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Bearfrills · 06/02/2013 20:20
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