toddler w a swollen posterior cervical lymphnode

[tinapastina]

at the end of june beginning of july of this year my 2 and a half year old son was diagnosed with coxsackie virus. He had an outbreak of Herpangina and had several ulcers in his throat. He had fevers of 102-104 and had a double ear infection on top of all that. After an allergic reaction to the first antiboitic he was switched to another which cleared the ear infection.
My questionis this...I noticed a swollen lymphnode on the backof his neckbut more near the side in the area below his ear. (i too have a swollenlymph node there due to dry scalp issues). I brought him to teh dr about 3 weeks ago and she checked him out and he had no infections anywhere inhisbody. She also checked for other swollen nodes and there were none. she said that he had alot going on inhis throat that could have caused this node to swell and not to touch it for 2 weeks.  She was not concerned at all and this dr is a worrywart! LOL!
I of course being the worrysome mom felt it after like 4 days and it was still there. He is fine otherwise. playing, eating sleeping doing what a normwl 2 and a half yr old would do.  It is about the size of my pinkynail and seems to be rubbery.
Has anyone else gone thru this similar situation? I read that a virus CAN cause these nodes to swell, i was jsut wondering if anyone else went thru this.
PLEASE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS! this is a child we are talking about and i dont want SCARED stories! thanks!!!!

[tinapastina]

THANK YOU!!!!! its good to know there is another mom that went thru that!!!!!

[JadedSweetheart]

When my son was young, starting at about a year old, he got empetago(sp?), a skin infection, all over his body where he was scratching bug bites.  It looked like he had chicken pox for about 6 months and he had constantly swollen lymphnodes.  The doctors were flabbergasted about it but didn't seem too worried.  For years the lymphnodes stayed swollen and at all of his check-ups the doctors would say "Hmm, his lymphnodes are swollen and I'd say "I know, they've been like that for _ years now".  They would just dismiss it as a weird thing.  One of his pre-school teachers had told me that it was possible for the lymphnodes to scar if they are swollen for long and as the doctors never seemed worried about it, I let it go.  
He is 13 now and doesn't like to let mom feel around for swollen lymphnodes, so I'm not sure if they're still like that.  I eventually stopped checking as it was freaking me out.  
He has been healthy as a horse and is taller than me now.  I'm sure your son will be just fine.  I'm not sure if there's any truth to the "scarred" lymphnodes, but I do know a kid can grow to be very healthy after having infections as a child. :)