Son always catching Viruses Posted: 07-19-03 09:11am
My son will be 4 in Sept. He was hardly
ever sick as an infant, but now he
constantly catches viruses. It seems to
be the same one not different ones. He
was just sick a couple of weeks ago and
the dr. said it was a virus. The only
symptom he had was high fever (these are
the ones he always gets). He now has the
same thing and his fever runs anywhere
from 102 - 104. This has been going on
for about a year now. He has never been
in a daycare until about 2 months ago. I
just feel like it is not fair to him that
he barely gets over it and then gets it
again. I would like to know why or how he
is constantly getting these??
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Dana
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 6
Getting sick in daycare Posted: 07-19-03 21:41pm
Hi Angel,
My kids got sick a lot in daycare too.
The good news is that by the time they
entered Kindergarten their immune systems
were much stronger and they didn't miss
school as much as other kids who didn't go
to daycare. I think no matter what age
kids are when they first enter school or
daycare, they will have some trouble with
sickness. I was glad that when they got
to school age (when being in class is more
important) they were no longer home for
sickness. My kids are now 5 and 8. The 8
year old has only missed 5 days of school
in the past 2 years and that's because we
went on vacation for a week! I hope your
son will get through this quickly and you
don't get too stressed from it. Best of
health to both of you!
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angel
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Louisiana
Encouragement Posted: 07-20-03 13:11pm
Thanks Dana for the encouraging words! I
hope it is something he will grow out of
soon. I just hate to see him sick.
