Six year old daughter has been sick with fever on/off for 3 months?

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My daughter first started getting sick in the beginning of September. Fever, generally tired and just not feeling good. I figured it was a cold, like most kids get when school starts after hearing that 2 of her classmates were out sick. About 10 days later it finally went away but she kept having coughing fits at night. And then before I knew it she was sick again. And then got better, and then sick again.

I made her a doctor's appointment for last Friday but she insisted she was fine and wanted to go to school. After taking her temp and it being normal, I let her go to school and told her that if she is sick over the weekend I am taking her Monday.

She was fine all weekend and Monday. Tuesday she wakes up coughing pretty bad and has been sick since. She was in bed until 4pm today. Then she was ok, came down to have dinner and visit the family and then all of a sudden around 11pm she was crying, sick.

I am calling the doctor in the morning and bringing her to be seen but I can't think of why this keeps happening. My dad was just diagnosed with cancer so I've been worrying about him and taking him to 3-4 doctor appointments a week and I feel like I've been neglecting my own daughter.

Any ideas on what we might be dealing with here?

Jenny · Accepted Answer

I am sorry about your father!

My friend's child used to run a fever on and off for no apparent reason when he was young. She kept taking him to the doctor but they never found anything. He eventually grew out of it. My daughter kept getting sick and she had a strep infection that she couldn't get over...

Considering that your family is going through a lot of stress, your daughter's fever and sickness may even be psychological. Take her to the doctor to make sure that there are no physical reasons for her illness. I would not give her the option to choose if she goes to the doctor or not.

Katherine W · Answer

OK, first, you are the parent. Your daughter is not the one who decides whether she should go to the doctor or not. That's just for future reference.

The coughing might be allergies, which could reduce her immune system to the point where she gets colds on top of it.

I'm sorry about your dad's cancer.

Anonymous · Answer

Your daughter first got sick in September, but you haven't yet taken her to see a doctor! Can you say 'Bad Parenting'. you, as the parent, decide when she goes to a doctor, not her, as it seems like she is playing on it and you are falling for it.

hopefully, the doctor will diagnose something terminal that could have been cured back in September! Stupidity is not terminal though.

hopefully, the doctor will diagnose something terminal that could have been cured back in September!  Stupidity is not terminal though.

? · Answer

What the F*CK?!?!?!?!!?!?!? She's been sick since SEPTEMBER and only NOW are you taking her to the doctor?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

Batman · Answer

You should consult a doctor.

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