Toddler Going on 3Rd Week Sick!!

I have a daycare here and the 4 youngest ones here had the same thing the past 2 weeks. They have done stoo samples and ran tests-just a viral thing...they stopped the stomach/intestine thing yesterday and now have a little cough and runny nose. she`ll be fine.

I don't have much advice, but just wanted to let you know you are not alone right now. My daughter has her 2 year molars coming in, she just got a cold, and just got glasses that are upsetting her tummy. She is a mess! I will tell you that Mommy knows best and is you think she should be seen then I would take her to her normal pedi. I took my daughter to the after hours clinic for a 103 degree fever and they sent her home. I asked them to look at her diaper rash while we were there also. Well we sent to the pedi on Monday (still with a 103 fever on motrin) and she had an infected diaper rash caused by an allergy to her diapers. The clinic was useless! and her pedi agreed that they are, he said next time call him and he will take care of everything.

P. ~
Did your 6 year old just start school this year? Because if she did, she is probably the culprit! LOL When kids first start school they tend to bring home just about every bug under the sun, and of course it's worse in the winter months. It could be that your little one has had several different viruses, instead of just one long-lasting one.
D.

tell the doctors to check for parvo. no not the kind animals get. its viral and last's forever... hope this helps...

my 2 1/2 year old has just entered her 2rd week of being sick...no fever anymore, but the cough & congestion is still there! it gets frustrating because the doctor just says - it's viral...nothing can be done! i always ask when/how long (of course the dr can't answer that!) and get to thinking maybe she's got another infection...and always wonder when or if i should bring her back to the dr. i just try to observe her closely and go w/ my instinct...not the best advice - but you're not the only one in this situation!

i work full time and she's in daycare...the dr says she's just exposed to more infections...i keep hoping she's building up her immune system and when she's in school, we won't be going through all these colds anymore!! am very interested in other responses! good luck!

Hi P.,

I hope your doctor appointment went okay. Yes, my kids are sometimes sick for a month. It seems like a lifetime, and I too start to wonder if they will ever get better, but they always do. Good luck. I hope she feels better soon.

If she is finally eating normally after being sick for so long her tummy might hurt because it is getting used to digesting food again. I would stick to esy to digest foods.
Blessings, K.

My 3 year old had the same thing back in December. He had a very low grade fever for a few nights with one episode of vomiting each night for about a week (went to the doc, nothing wrong, virus), followed by a crazy cold, and then a 3rd week of just not feeling well. He was better, it took a while, but he did get better!

Everything going around this year seems to have been extra bad. I had a fever for two weeks and it seems like everyone I've talked to has had something similar. But go ahead and take her in if you feel like you need to.

Me and my family had this illness last month, by the 4th week we all started feeling better. Sorry to hear that your little one is suffering through it.

This year has been absolutely terrible for illnesses!!! My son, who just turned 2, had RSV about 2 months ago, and I had bronchitis at the same time. Was out of work with him for a week, then he had off and on runny nose and cough, then he and I both got full blown sick. Some weird virus, I heard on the radio and from a friend that it is something docs have never seen before--not the flu, but mimics the symptoms. Awful fever, body aches that were so bad I threw up, severe cough, runny nose, the works. Went to ER because the pain was so bad, and they said again, just a virus (but did put me on antiobiotics for a secondary infection). My son's doc said his was just a virus, all u can do is rest and fluids. Again out of work for a week and a half, but neither he or I were feeling completely better for atleast 3 weeks. It's just been such a terrible winter--as soon as one of us gets better the other is sick again. Several of my friends and their children, as well as my 2 nieces have experienced the same thing the past couple months. My good friend just spent 5 hours in the hospital yesterday, has a 4 yr old and 7 month old both dealing with this same thing.I would say if u would feel better to take her in, then do it...mommy's always need to stick to their gut. But it may just be this awful, lingering virus...good luck, and hopefully she will start feeling better soon!