What medically is going on with DS1
DS1 is 16. Healthy, no medical issues — on occasion over 10 years has had a bad cold that developed into asthma for a very short period (weeks). 3 days ago I noticed he was pale looking. Yesterday he was still pale, he said he was short of breath doing simple things, and light headed when he stands up. He almost looks jaundice to me. He went to the doc today and they did a simple standard neuro exam and checked reflexes and blood pressure all normal. they did blood tests (not yet in and I don’t know what bloods were drawn). Other info
- I am anemic but it is assumed due to my very heavy periods
- he fainted (?) in the bathroom last year and spend 24 hrs in the ER and had 3 cardio grams that showed nothing as well as a follow up with a cardio expert and it was all fine/nothing
- in the last 7 days he had 3 AP and 1 SAT test
- he skipped lacrosse playoff game today which he would never normally do
- he has been tested for covid 5 times in the last week (DH had covid 14 days ago) and has been negative, he is double vaccined and has never been positive for covid, he had no symptoms of a cold/covid
- he says he doesn’t feel well and symptoms are light headed and short of breath carrying his backpack around school but no other symptoms.
If his blood work comes back fine what would you suggest? He is for sure not “well” but I cannot figure out what to do next.
DS #1 Summer 05
DS #2 Summer 07