RE: breaks from viruses???

[Guest guest]

>>> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering if

I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

planned around his fevers. >>>

This is not typical of in any way.

Having cold symptoms at the same time does sometimes occur but it is usually

a mild symptom.

Kids with are usually described as RARELY having any other illness!

Fran

Fran A Bulone

Mom to ph 6 yrs old

Waxhaw, NC

Owner & Moderator Group

[Guest guest]

My daughter Ella, who is 2, has had 2 ear infections since she

started getting her fevers nearly a year and a half ago. With one

of the ear infections, it seemed to delay the following fever she

was due for (I can't remember how late the fever was, but probably 2

weeks or a little more). After her last ear infection she had at

the end of February, the following fever came sooner than we had

expected. Normally she fevers about every 5-6 weeks, but after her

last ear infection the fever came after only 28 days. I don't know

that ear infections actually caused her fevers to change, but it

does seem to be a possible common link. In both cases, the fevers

returned to their normal pattern afterwards.

As much as I hate the fevers, I like that they are relatively

predictable. Ella has not had a fever in over 6 weeks now, so it's

a bit over due at this point. We have plans out of town tonight and

we are planning to be out of town for the weekend as well, so I keep

thinking that it's going to appear at an inopportune time (I guess

there never is a good time). Thankfully prednisone has worked

really well for Ella, so it's kind of our insurance policy. At this

point we'll be carrying the prednisone with us wherever we go, but

I'd hate for the fever to come when we're not home.

[Guest guest]

Fran,

I am glad you said that because (knock on wood) Evan rarely gets

anything else but his fever episodes. No colds, no strep, no

viruses. He did have ear infections when he was a baby, but tubes

fixed that problem. He also has seasonal allergies for which he was

recently put on Nasonex and takes claritin occasionally when symptoms

are real bad. Otherwise he cycles every 4-7 weeks with

symptoms only.

We are going to see Dr Feder on May 9th.

Maybe we can get some more answers as to why his fevers have come

back so strong after a three year " remission " .

Prayers to everyone,

-Tara

Mom to Evan ( age 6 in May! and age 8)

Connecticut

-- In , " Fran Bulone " <fbulone@...> wrote:

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> >>> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

> illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering if

> I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

> the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

> planned around his fevers. >>>

>

>

> This is not typical of in any way.

> Having cold symptoms at the same time does sometimes occur but it

is usually

> a mild symptom.

>

> Kids with are usually described as RARELY having any other

illness!

> Fran

> Fran A Bulone

> Mom to ph 6 yrs old

> Waxhaw, NC

> Owner & Moderator Group

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can agree with that... My son is 9 years old and he has not had a cold or

anything else since he was about 2 years old.

Donna Marie

Fran Bulone <fbulone@...> wrote:

>>> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering if

I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

planned around his fevers. >>>

This is not typical of in any way.

Having cold symptoms at the same time does sometimes occur but it is usually

a mild symptom.

Kids with are usually described as RARELY having any other illness!

Fran

Fran A Bulone

Mom to ph 6 yrs old

Waxhaw, NC

Owner & Moderator Group

[Guest guest]

I can agree with that... My son is 9 years old and he has not had a cold or

anything else since he was about 2 years old.

Donna Marie

Fran Bulone <fbulone@...> wrote:

>>> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering if

I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

planned around his fevers. >>>

This is not typical of in any way.

Having cold symptoms at the same time does sometimes occur but it is usually

a mild symptom.

Kids with are usually described as RARELY having any other illness!

Fran

Fran A Bulone

Mom to ph 6 yrs old

Waxhaw, NC

Owner & Moderator Group

[Guest guest]

Hi, I think some people got your question wrong. Yes, kids are

usually very healthy and hardly get viruses but when they do get a

virus or a " real " infection, we and others on this site have

experienced delays in the cycle. We just went almost 9 weeks

without a fever. Usually it has been coming once a month. Right when

our daughter was about due for her fever, she got a really big fat

cold, something she has not had in a while. Due to that she skipped a

whole cycle it seems, but from what we experienced and what I read on

this site it is hard to predict if a whole cycle is skipped or if the

fever is just delayed a bit.

Good luck on your trip, I hope the fever is delayed long enough so you

can all enjoy it.

, mom to Hannah, , 2yrs old

>

> Maybe I'm looking for answers that aren't there, but my 3 year old

> (possibly ) has been very regular with his episodes for quite a

> while now. I cannot tell you the last time he was sick with a

> virus...maybe a year ago. Last week he had a bad stomach virus with

> vomiting for seven days. He was due to get sick this week and is

> now four days late.

>

> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

> illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering if

> I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

> the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

> planned around his fevers.

>

> I'm just wondering if this is happening to others and if I can

> expect for him to get sick next week or next month...I know I 'm

> probably grasping a straws here.

>

> Thanks for any insight,

> Pam Mattox

> Mother of (3, possibly )

> and Havely (1)

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with you and our experience has been similar. My daughter

rarely gets sick. My older two children seem to trade viruses and

other infections all winter long, but Ella never gets sick when they

do. This is the same with daycare. All of the other kids get sick,

except Ella. Having said that, she has had two " real " illnesses,

both ear infections, over the last 18 months. With one she ran a

low grade fever and with the other she did not. When she had an ear

infection in March, she started running a low grade fever about two

weeks after one of her normal fevers. She was fine during the day,

but the fever would creep up to about 100 or 100.5 in the evening.

This went on for a couple of days and was very ATYPICAL of a normal

fever episode for her and because the fever seemed atypical and low

grade, we chose not to treat it with prednisone as we normally would

do with a regular fever. After a couple days of this we brought her

in and found out that she had an ear infection. We are fairly

confident that this fever was the first fever that she's ever had

that was associated with a " real " illness. Although Ella gets her

fevers regularly, in many regards we see her as our healthiest child

because she rarely gets sick with the common crud and so far we've

been able to manage her fevers remarkably well with prednisone.

>

> Hi, I think some people got your question wrong. Yes, kids

are

> usually very healthy and hardly get viruses but when they do get a

> virus or a " real " infection, we and others on this site have

> experienced delays in the cycle. We just went almost 9 weeks

> without a fever. Usually it has been coming once a month. Right

when

> our daughter was about due for her fever, she got a really big fat

> cold, something she has not had in a while. Due to that she

skipped a

> whole cycle it seems, but from what we experienced and what I read

on

> this site it is hard to predict if a whole cycle is skipped or if

the

> fever is just delayed a bit.

>

> Good luck on your trip, I hope the fever is delayed long enough so

you

> can all enjoy it.

>

> , mom to Hannah, , 2yrs old

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback. very, very rarely gets sick either,

even when his sister is sick. I was saying that he has not been

sick in so long that I can't even remember the last time he was sick

with anything other than the fevers.

That's why it's so strange that every four weeks he gets his fevers,

like clockwork...until this cycle. The only difference is that he

had a bad virus this time the week before his fever was due. Now he

seems to have skipped this month's fever so far. It will be

interesting to see what happens and when the get back on schedule.

, you are so right...being able to plan and predict the episodes

is such a Godsend. That's why it's so frustrating to lose the

predictability. It's interesting that others' fevers have been

thrown off some too. ...one of the many mysteries of this

interesting condition.

Pam

Mother of 3

Havely 1

>

> Maybe I'm looking for answers that aren't there, but my 3 year old

> (possibly ) has been very regular with his episodes for quite

a

> while now. I cannot tell you the last time he was sick with a

> virus...maybe a year ago. Last week he had a bad stomach virus

with

> vomiting for seven days. He was due to get sick this week and is

> now four days late.

>

> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

> illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering

if

> I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

> the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

> planned around his fevers.

>

> I'm just wondering if this is happening to others and if I can

> expect for him to get sick next week or next month...I know I 'm

> probably grasping a straws here.

>

> Thanks for any insight,

> Pam Mattox

> Mother of (3, possibly )

> and Havely (1)

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback. very, very rarely gets sick either,

even when his sister is sick. I was saying that he has not been

sick in so long that I can't even remember the last time he was sick

with anything other than the fevers.

That's why it's so strange that every four weeks he gets his fevers,

like clockwork...until this cycle. The only difference is that he

had a bad virus this time the week before his fever was due. Now he

seems to have skipped this month's fever so far. It will be

interesting to see what happens and when the get back on schedule.

, you are so right...being able to plan and predict the episodes

is such a Godsend. That's why it's so frustrating to lose the

predictability. It's interesting that others' fevers have been

thrown off some too. ...one of the many mysteries of this

interesting condition.

Pam

Mother of 3

Havely 1

>

> Maybe I'm looking for answers that aren't there, but my 3 year old

> (possibly ) has been very regular with his episodes for quite

a

> while now. I cannot tell you the last time he was sick with a

> virus...maybe a year ago. Last week he had a bad stomach virus

with

> vomiting for seven days. He was due to get sick this week and is

> now four days late.

>

> Does this seem to be common to delay fever episodes after some

> illness like a virus or a cold or something? I'm just wondering

if

> I can kind of know what to expect if this does happen to a lot of

> the children. We are going on vacation next week, a vacation I

> planned around his fevers.

>

> I'm just wondering if this is happening to others and if I can

> expect for him to get sick next week or next month...I know I 'm

> probably grasping a straws here.

>

> Thanks for any insight,

> Pam Mattox

> Mother of (3, possibly )

> and Havely (1)

>