Hello,
I have a 26 month old dd who has been having some health issues since around her 2nd bday. I would like to give a bit of a background and some symptoms and ask some questions. Any insight is greatly appreciated. TIA She had an ear infection/sinus infection late Dec. She was put on Zithromax. It did nothing for her. She then ran a low grade temp on and off and started to get really irritable and tired. We took her back in and they said she had another sinus infection - was placed on Omnicef for 10 days. Nothing - still low grade temp, swollen lymph nodes, very heavy mouth breathing because her nose is so "plugged" but no runny nose. Acting very very tired and asking to take naps and sleeping for long periods of time. Then she went from a very heavy appetite to now eating just about nothing at all. After the Omnicef she was placed on Zithromax again and then on to Bactrim for 10 days. She got another ear infection while on these meds. Still all these sypmtoms and they did a CBC on her last week to rule out cancers. Her wbc were a bit low but all was "normal" Mono test came back negative today as well. I took her to another pediatrician today and she did alot more thorough exam and ?s. I told her about dd's bm's - how she goes several times a day and they are "big" That is when she started asking different things. I told her we thought her belly looked more puffy lately and that she wasn't eating. She actually lost just over a pound this past week. She weighed 23lbs today. She put in a request for a Sweat Test sometime this week, they are calling with the appointment in the morning. Do any of these symptoms sound familiar to any of you??? When I was pg with her would any of the blood tests they did on me show anything for the CF gene?? Anything - I am very worried - anything will help me. Thanks so much. Sorry this is long.
I have a 26 month old dd who has been having some health issues since around her 2nd bday. I would like to give a bit of a background and some symptoms and ask some questions. Any insight is greatly appreciated. TIA She had an ear infection/sinus infection late Dec. She was put on Zithromax. It did nothing for her. She then ran a low grade temp on and off and started to get really irritable and tired. We took her back in and they said she had another sinus infection - was placed on Omnicef for 10 days. Nothing - still low grade temp, swollen lymph nodes, very heavy mouth breathing because her nose is so "plugged" but no runny nose. Acting very very tired and asking to take naps and sleeping for long periods of time. Then she went from a very heavy appetite to now eating just about nothing at all. After the Omnicef she was placed on Zithromax again and then on to Bactrim for 10 days. She got another ear infection while on these meds. Still all these sypmtoms and they did a CBC on her last week to rule out cancers. Her wbc were a bit low but all was "normal" Mono test came back negative today as well. I took her to another pediatrician today and she did alot more thorough exam and ?s. I told her about dd's bm's - how she goes several times a day and they are "big" That is when she started asking different things. I told her we thought her belly looked more puffy lately and that she wasn't eating. She actually lost just over a pound this past week. She weighed 23lbs today. She put in a request for a Sweat Test sometime this week, they are calling with the appointment in the morning. Do any of these symptoms sound familiar to any of you??? When I was pg with her would any of the blood tests they did on me show anything for the CF gene?? Anything - I am very worried - anything will help me. Thanks so much. Sorry this is long.