Any of you parents ever experienced this?

[rr2005]

My 6 yo has been sickly for a few months now with recurrent strep infections. We have taken her to both our family physician and a pediatrician. The pediatrician did blood work and said some of her levels were slightly elevated, but they were at numbers consistent with strep and that an x-ray showed some inflammation in her lungs. We are trying a new antibiotic now. Her appetite is good, but she has lost a couple of pounds and looks pale to me. I am scared to death that something is seriously wrong with her. As any parent knows, that thought is more terrifying that any thought I've ever had about myself having a disease. Am I projecting my HA onto her now? Have any of you parents ever experienced anything like this?

[megaT]

Definitely!  When my kid gets a headache, it's a brain tumor. When my child gets a fever or stomachache, it's leukemia.  My youngest (kindergarten) wasn't eating her lunch at school and said her stomach hurt in the morning.  This happened a lot, continually, until I figured out she was nervous and scared of one of the lunchroom helpers.  Yes, I definitely freak when my kids don't feel normal. There is a family we know well whose little boy has neuroblastoma, and I think that contributes to some of my anxiety over sick kids. 

[sassparella]

I always used to worry when my kids were ill, they're not kids now they've grown up but I still worry about them if they're not feeling right. I think even parents that don't have HA worry about their kids, it's what being a parent is all about :) I hope your little one feels better soon.

[Angelofworry]

I do this all the time!! My DD is 14 months and has been battling one sickness after another for the past 3 months! Of course I'm petrified that she has something! Kiddos get sick and we parents worry. Just part of the drill I guess.