Leila's symptoms that led to diagnosis

For several weeks we had noticed some changes that were sporadic in Leila's overall personality and appearance.

• Leila complained about her side hurting underneath her ribcage.
• She had slight bruising on her legs which was unusual.
• Loss of appetite and energy.
• She had a couple of nosebleeds.
• Vomited several different times over a few weeks.
• Sleep walking and night sweats.
• Paleness of skin and face.
• Overall flu like symptoms.
• Developed cold and bad cough with wheezing

These were all mild by themselves, but all together seemed very unlike our Leila. We had an appointment at the pediatricians office on Thursday 4/24/08. He said her spleen was enlarged and her fatigue was most likely caused by Mono. He ordered a complete blood count along with a Mono test and wanted it done that day. We left his office and went straight to the lab for a blood draw. The pediatrician told us to come back on Monday for a follow up visit and hopefully he would have the lab report back by then. Leila was so brave, so we went for ice cream afterwards.