Our daughter Lilly is 3 1/2 years old and For the past 6 months our little princes has been sick every month, one month it's strep throat, next its a throat infection, then strep again, then the flu with bronchitis and on and on. She has been on antibiotics every month for six months but never seemed to get better.
During this time she also became lathargic, she was worn out easy, had a rash on her thigh that just kept spreading and was pale. I didn't concern myself to much about this right away because she was sick on and off and the doctor said the rash was eczema, but then two months ago at the end of December she stared complaining that her finger hurt, I would check it out and see not cuts or bruises and so I would ask her where it hurts and she would point to the joint, I assumed she must have hurt it some how so I kissed it and told her it would go away soon. But every couple of days she would mention the finger pain and then I noticed one day when she was looking up that she had a lump on her neck, the lump was about the size of a quarter and protruded out more then I had ever seen.
Her daddy David and I were concerned and of course she was getting sick again so the 1st week of January we took her in to see the doctor he checked her out and said that she is sick with strep and that was why the gland was swollen, so we started zpack.
By Jan 22nd she was back at the doctors, the lump looked larger and she was sick AGAIN! She was given another round of antibiotics this time and the doctor decided to have a blood test done and also a Ultra sound of her neck.
On Jan 28th David and I took her in to have the blood test, she was scared but did an amazing job, only cried a little! From the advance of a great friend who went through years of tests and procedures with her daughter, we took our little princess to the toy store and let her Pick out a toy as a reward for doing so well and to crispy cream for a donut!
On Jan 31 we took her in for her ultrasound, she was in tears and so scared, she didn't want anyone touching her neck and she was sick of doctors! David held her in his arms while the scanned her neck because she refused to lay down and have it done. It took awhile for the woman to get all the images she needed, but we were done and on the way out I asked how long it would be before we got the results, she replied 3 days. So off we went to purchase another toy for a job well done!
During this time she also became lathargic, she was worn out easy, had a rash on her thigh that just kept spreading and was pale. I didn't concern myself to much about this right away because she was sick on and off and the doctor said the rash was eczema, but then two months ago at the end of December she stared complaining that her finger hurt, I would check it out and see not cuts or bruises and so I would ask her where it hurts and she would point to the joint, I assumed she must have hurt it some how so I kissed it and told her it would go away soon. But every couple of days she would mention the finger pain and then I noticed one day when she was looking up that she had a lump on her neck, the lump was about the size of a quarter and protruded out more then I had ever seen.
Her daddy David and I were concerned and of course she was getting sick again so the 1st week of January we took her in to see the doctor he checked her out and said that she is sick with strep and that was why the gland was swollen, so we started zpack.
By Jan 22nd she was back at the doctors, the lump looked larger and she was sick AGAIN! She was given another round of antibiotics this time and the doctor decided to have a blood test done and also a Ultra sound of her neck.
On Jan 28th David and I took her in to have the blood test, she was scared but did an amazing job, only cried a little! From the advance of a great friend who went through years of tests and procedures with her daughter, we took our little princess to the toy store and let her Pick out a toy as a reward for doing so well and to crispy cream for a donut!
On Jan 31 we took her in for her ultrasound, she was in tears and so scared, she didn't want anyone touching her neck and she was sick of doctors! David held her in his arms while the scanned her neck because she refused to lay down and have it done. It took awhile for the woman to get all the images she needed, but we were done and on the way out I asked how long it would be before we got the results, she replied 3 days. So off we went to purchase another toy for a job well done!
As a side note Lilly had been having a temp of 99.1 during the whole time she was on the antibiotics and the lump didn't change, we saw no improvement.
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