When kids' Lymph nodes are fighting off infection(s), they can really really swell, and scare the hell out of you... They will recede... it just takes a little time... hope your kid is starting to feel better.
There are basically 3 different lev els of severity of kids infected Lymph node infection / swelling... Nothing makes you feel more helpless than when you kid is sick in the hospital.
Hope he is getting good care there.
"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger." Frank Lloyd Wright