Fever for 9 days

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My son is not dx yet. He is 3yr old and I have fought my way to specialists

such as

allergist, GI specialists as well as others. He does have dx like asthma,

allergies, IgG

deficiency (determined by lab tests, though no doc has ever commented on

severity/

treatment etc), eosinophiic gastroenteritis etc. We have an appt at the

Cleveland Clinic in

March but I am not even sure we're going to the right people, b/c it's on my

request, not a

doc referral.

My question today is: my son has been running a fever for 9days. The first two

days he

had a runny nose and cough (that had lingered forhte past 2weeks, so those were

the last

two days of that episode). For the next seven days, no symptoms except LOW

GRADE

fever (100.4-100.9). Yesterday it his 101. It is usually 99 during the day and

then after

his nap 4pm-bedtime is when we see it go up to 101. After no other symptoms, he

came

down with a stuffy nose today.

I took him to the ped on Friday after 6days of low grade fever and no symptoms.

They

told me to bring him in. THey told me it was a virus and to call them on

Monday. If the

fever was stll there, it was " too long to have a fever, even if low grade. " I

called today

(tues) and THAT doc is out of town. Another doc said " let's monitor him for two

more

days. Call me on Thrusday and if his temp has gone above 100.0, then we'll come

up with

another game plan. " I am trying to tap your brain as to what might cause a

lingering low

grade fever for this long. Am I waiting to long? Are there tests they could be

running

right now while he's sick to determine cause? I will be willing to demand

certain tests and

action but I don't know WHAT to demand. Or even, if I should. All they seem to

care

about is if he's eating and drinking. He does, he's very good about that when

sick. Is that

all that matters? he's not acting sick. he never does. that throws them off

too. He is

different though. he rarely ever runs a fever (as an infant he caught a staph

infection that

settled in his knee turning into osteomylitis bone infection and his fever NEVER

went

above 99). He has sensory issues, so he tends to get hyper rather than lethargic

etc.

Please let meknow your htoughts on this situation and how you would handle it

given that

he doesn't have a dx, is eating drinking, has difficulty fighting things off, is

acting fine and

the docs seemto be pushing it off (until it goes away on it's own or until it

turns into

something big). thank you, Kim