Sick little boy

I'd like to put a prayer request out there for Nathan....

All the boys in the house developed a cold about two weeks ago - Aiden and John recovered early last week, but Nathan has continued to get worse. He's had a fairly high fever off and on for the past few days and last night we noticed some odd bumps had developed around the base of his head. They seem to be sensitive, as he won't really let us touch or examine them closely.

He woke up this morning around 5am with a very high fever - he felt absolutely burning hot as I held him. Tylenol was given along with fluids and over the course of the morning, I was able to bring his fever down to an almost normal level. Needless to say, we didn't really sleep much.

I tried to do a little research on what the bumps could possibly be and right now I'm hoping that they are just swollen lymph nodes due to the cold, although that does point to him having yet another ear infection. There are some worst-case scenarios regarding the bumps, but I'm trying to not assume the worst.

Obviously, I will provide my child with medical care no matter what, but we are lacking health insurance at the moment so it makes the situation a little more stressful than I would prefer. We did spend some time this morning looking at health plans and we did find one that works for us, but it looks like we couldn't get covered until the 15th. I am hoping that if we call and speak to someone, maybe we could get it processed a little faster so I could take him in to the doctor this week, if needed.

Please keep Nathan in prayer as we deal with this situation.