Sick Again or an Extension of Tuesday?

We went thru this back in December with my 11 year old. I took him to the minute clinic and they said it was just a nasty virus going around. Lots of sleep and liquids. But it was just like you said, flu on day, just a minor temp the next so I sent him back to school. but the nurse called because his temp was up to 101. So I then kept him home for the rest of the week to make sure.
I hope your little one feels better soon.

A.

I'd say it is just an extension of the same cold. It happens. Of course keep an eye on things and take him in if you have concerns.

Yep, the illness that we've been dealing with here (my kids and me) is the up and down fever for many days during flu like sypmtoms followed by a cough that hangs on. We went to Dr. My son had pneumonia, I had 'maybe' bronchitis, and Dr. said my daughter had 'just a little viral thing'. With my son, I did herbal medicines, probiotics, and the prescription antibiotic, but my daughter and I did essential oil (Thievies from Young Living) and homeopathic remedies from Boiron. The cough is still hanging on after a week for my daughter and I, but for my son it's been 3 weeks and I just had to get him from school now as he is sick - so now we're doing the Thieves and he's in bed!

So I think we are all dealing with a critter that's a shape changer or, several critters!! But I am almost positive these critters are viral!! Antibiotics are not helping. The essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies have been great aids to my family in addressing viral infections.

Jot down on paper what's going on and what you're giving. A visit to the Dr won't hurt, unless you have little to no insurance. (Just thought I'd throw that out there as our coverage gets less every year and our payout increases!) Anyhoo, you know in your heart what's best for your son!

C.

Is it the actual flu-that's where it's upper respitory, fever,chills, aches? If so that can last like a week

viruses,colds,bugs they can all be weird :last year my daughter threw up for 5 days straight but she was only sick at night time like around midnight, so during the day I'd think oh great she's getting better, maybe she can go to school tommorrow she'd go to bed and bamn it'd hit her. some viruses are just weird like that

My house just went through this and it was strep.
Good luck,
J.

Between my 2 boys and my husband, we had the flu- or something like it- in our house 6 times in 16 days. Each time, the symptoms only lasted approximately 24 hours.
I've heard of LOTS of people having temperatures and reoccurring flu-like symptoms in a short period of time lately, so you're not alone.
It couldn't hurt to get him checked out, though. My 5-year-old had a fever last weekend and we found out Tuesday he has a nasty, amoxicillin-resistant double ear infection. He's just now starting to feel better.

My son had a fever on Saturday, then it was gone by Saturday night into Sunday morning. Sunday around noon the fever came back for 4 hours then broke. Monday he felt great! Went to school in the afternoon and had tons of energy. About 8pm Monday night the fever came back and he started screaming about his ears. It has turned into a double ear infection (his first in 3 years) followed by a nasty head cold that is settling into his chest and it is a nasty stubborn one. We finally went to the doctor yesterday. There has been a lot of nasty stuff going around this year. I hardly ever get sick and I have had 3 nasty colds so far. I am tired of being sick!

There are tons of things going around down here. I have been sick since sometime in December, and everytime i start to feel better one of my kids comes home from school with something.

I would just watch the fever closely to make sure it doesn't get too high. Look for rashes and white stuff in the throat, and if it isn't gone within about 3 more days then I would take him in.
Make sure you are pumping fluids into him, that is very very important with a fever.