Diagnosis question

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Hi - I introduced myself about a week ago and have since formally

been given a diagnosis of for my son. is now 2 1/2 and

we've been dealing with fevers since April. Last week, both our

pediatrician (a personal friend of ours and someone I trust wholely

with our son's life) and an infectious disease doctor gave a

tentative diagnosis of for . He gets fevers and

tonsilitis with his episodes. Blood was drawn last week and showed a

high sedementation rate - I don't know the exact rate. The

infectious disease dr ordered a re-test of it and it also came back

high. My pediatrician called tonight to let me know that this pretty

much confirms the diagnosis of .

Have you encountered this similar path in your diagnosis? Is the sed

rate usually high among our kids? My husband is sceptical that it

may indicate something else is wrong - we're not medically inclined

at all and are trying to determine why this high rate points to

and not perhaps something more serious. Just wondered if this is a

typical method of diagnosing this syndrome.

Thanks so much -

mom to 2.5 and Katelyn 4