UTIs that are "silent" do exist. Pinworm can also cause the symptoms (fatigue and bed wetting) you describe. The thirst part may or may not be related.

I would take her to her pediatrician. If it turns put to be nothing it is better than it being something that is silently worsening.

Monday is Martin Luther King Day -- a federal holiday. Some medical offices will be closed, and even if your doctor's office is open, Mondays are always extra busy. Take your daughter in to be seen tomorrow.

Call your pediatrician.

We're not closed on Monday, so it could be that she can be seen. No harm in trying, and the sooner the better to get on the road to healing.

Take her to the doctor today! Or at least urgent care. You do not want a little one to get dehydrated. Could be a silent UTI, but the thirsty part really worries me. Diabetes is the first thing that popped into my head. She needs to be checked today.

I always called it "the peace-of-mind" visit. You don't want to go the whole weekend worrying. Even if it turns out to be nothing, it's worth it for your peace of mind.

Thyroid would fit several of those symptoms. She needs a full medical workup with full blood panels and all thyroid functions not just tsh specifically request full thyroid testing including a t3 and reverse t3. Do this sooner than later! Something is going on with her that is not her norm. Also just doing a quick one time blood stick is not adequate for determining diabetes.

http://www.thyroid.org/thyroid-function-tests/

My first thought was mono. I'd get her seen today. Weekends last forever when someone is sick.

Sometime the creep into type 1 is slow, definitely see the pedi. Good luck.

I agree, take her today. Even if you have to go to a walk in clinic, take her asap!

She may have diabetes, PLEASE go get her checked out today!!

I'll guess UTI also. It happened to my dd in kindergarten. She was a child that didn't have accidents. She had three in a period of 36 hours. At first, I thought it was the stress of moving and starting a new school. After the third accident, I took her in to Urgent care. They were able to do simple urine test. They told me if it had progressed to the kidneys, she would have to go in the hospital because of her age.

Good luck! I hope it's something easily treatable.

Thanks everyone. I called and spoke with the nurse at the pediatricians office and she also recommended bringing her in today for tests. She has an appointment this afternoon and hopefully it will be something easy to dx and treat.

Hope it turns out to be something easily treatable.

Emergicare is easy to get in and out...today? Hope she feels better soon!

I hope, all will be ok, but I am glad, she will be seen by the doc today!

Judy Good is correct. Just because she had one good blood sugar reading in the morning means nothing. Glad you are getting her in before the weekend.

Please let us know, thinking about you......

Thyroid would be my guess, my niece was acting the same and her TSH was in the 400s, normal is single numbers.

Please update us, TG. Poor little bean, hope she feels better soon!

My son (7) had start bed wetting in the past year (at least once per week). We found out his sister had pinworms so the whole family had to be treated for them and since taking this treatment 6 weeks ago he hasn't wet the bed since. I did find a little on the internet about this. He had no symptoms but his sister did - with sleep habits and diet. I'm not even for certain if this is what helped him but his night time accidents cleared within three days of his first treatment.

I hope you get it resolved with no issue.

I do remember my girls, around that age, would sometimes wet the bed when sick or having a heavy cold. But I guess there's a bit more going on with your daughter. I hope you get an answer today.

I have no ideas for you. Just wanted to say your daughter is lucky to have an observing and caring mother. Hoping for good news at her appointment.

Glad she's being seen today. You will feel much better knowing what's going on. Keep us posted.

Waiting. Watching for your news. Lucky kids to have a wise and caring Mom.

(Hope this doesn't have involve the 'care less' hospital as with your older DD.)

Me, too....waiting........

Another thing could be diabetes insidious which means your body stops making anti-diuretic hormone so basically water is going right through you instead of being absorbed. It is not related to the other diabetes. Patients need free access to water and drink/urinate all day long. The medicine is a simple nasal spray containing the missing hormone. However, she would need a full workup to see why the hormone pathway is disrupted. it can be disrupted by either the brain or by the kidneys having a problem. And yes, she needed to be seen today. Wishing her the best.

Well, it's nice to know I'm not completely out in left field with my suspicions as the very first thing the doctor thought was diabetes as well.

Tested her while there and it was 88. Did a urine test, no ketones or glucose in the urine, some white blood cells but no puss or blood.

Doctor is sending the urine for a culture and went ahead and called in a prescription for antibiotics so if she starts showing obvious signs of a UTI over the weekend, I can start her on them.

Also got a CBC and thyroid panel. Doctor is going to call me on Tuesday with lab results and to check on her. They are closed Monday so thank you again for encouraging me to take her today.

Doctor finds it puzzling as well though.

Just saw Cleo's post and yes, doctor did mention that, I had never heard of it before.

She said depending on lab results, we might need to see nephrologist or endocrinologist next.

Hopefully she's just sick with some virus going around. When my husband caught the "bug" he felt really tired for almost a week before he actually became sick with real symptoms, it turned out to be something like a bad cold. Glad she's been to the doctor though in case it's not just "the bug" that's been going around.

So glad you have some answers, let us know when you have more news .Prayers

Glad you got some answers!

Thanks for the update.......keep us posted. Glad you saw the Doc. today and I'm sure you are, too.

Is this your daughter that was hospitalized last summer? I'm glad you were able to get into the doctor today.

Chisue and PKponder- thanks so much for remembering! This isn't the same one who was hospitalized PK, but she is what I refer to as her genetic twin.

I joke with others that the reason we stopped having kids is because we were just getting repeats. DD1 and DD3 have the same blood type, look remarkably similar and share the same stature. They are both very tiny and have always been in the >10th percentile on growth charts.

DD2 and DD4 also share the same blood type, which is different from the other 2, look remarkably similar and also share the same stature; only they have both always fallen in the 50th percentile.

You have petite children. I had the opposite. Always in the 90th percentile. But at least they wore kid's sizes longer than the grands.

Grand kids are horribly difficult to buy cute, age approppriate clothes for now. The 4.5 year old DGD is leaving little girls sizes for big girls and the 2.5 DGS is going into little boys. No more toddler clothes unless I can find 5Ts occasionally and he can still wear some 4T pants.

How are you holding up, waiting for results and whatever comes next?

Thanks for telling us about your 'genetic twins' -- two sets! I hope 'small' meant easy labors for you. Our DGS put DIL through the wringer. Immediately before a C-section, she'd given up pushing. He then popped out -- with a head in the 99th percentile. DGD was 'easy breezy' -- but not until six years later!

We're 'waiting on news' alongside you.

Chisue- I'm trying not to worry. She seems pretty normal right now, no obvious pain or distress and there is nothing else I can do except wait for the results.

I was blessed with easy labors all 4 times and they were all basically the same size at birth. 6 lbs 10.5 oz, 6 lbs 7.5 oz, 6 lbs 10.25 oz, and 7 lb 1 oz. All 20 inches long with 13 inch heads. All natural labors, no meds, all born within a few hours of getting to the hospital. I mostly labored at home.

My mom had really easy natural labors with my brother and I so maybe it's genetic. I hope so for my daughter's sakes should they decide to have kids when they grow up!

texas - I just saw this and hoped that your daughter wasn't sick again. But it's another daughter - poor you (and her). I hope it's something temporary and easily fixed. Poor little tyke. Hugs to her and to you.

It's hard not to worry--even if one of our kids just has a bad cold. Hoping your daughter has something very temporary or easily fixed.

I sure hope it all turns out to be nothing serious. I'm you took her in and the tests were run. Peace of mind.

I am the runt of the family. Took after my paternal grandmother. I was always the shortest one in my class at school. Stopped growing at 5' 1" at age 12/13.

DD was 7 lbs, 13 oz, at birth, Long first labor but natural. DS was 8 lbs, 7 oz. fast easy birth. Granddaughter was 8 lbs. 7 oz and grandson was a a whopping 10 lbs. 9 oz. Also natural, unmedicated births. DGS was so big and fat they worried about diabetes at first but he checked out fine. The weight never slowed him down. Today he doesn't have an ounce of loose fat on him.

texas_gem - How is your daughter doing? I hope all is well.

Yes, how is she?

waiting, too.

Sorry I didn't update earlier, been a busy week.

The doctor called on Tuesday and everything was good. Urine culture was negative, thyroid was good, iron levels were good.

She hasn't had an accident since Saturday night. Doctor said if she does continue to have thirst/urination issues, she would refer us to nephrology.

I don't know if it is related or not but DD now has runny nose, cough, etc. Perhaps it is the "bug" that arkansas girl's husband had and the exhaustion came before the other symptoms.

The little boy I watch, 3 months old, is sick too with the same symptoms. His mom took him yesterday to the doctor and they checked for RSV and it was negative.

I'll just keep watching, like I do. Thanks for waiting with me.

I'm glad nothing showed up in the tests. Hopefully it's just a bug. It's always hard when the poor little tykes get sick.

Good test results.

Who would think we'd be happy to hear a child 'only' has "the flu"? Prescribing rest for *everyone*. (Our 'flu' this winter was a whopper. I regret not just resting more at the onset.)

This is occasionally what happened to my dds when they were around that age and it was always a bug. I'm very glad it was nothing worse!