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[quote=Anonymous]This has been occuring for over 3 weeks now.  At first I thought she was just coughing during the night and I didn't get up, but just listened while she was in the bathroom and hearing what I though was just spit going into the toliet.  One night she got up coughing and I heard the vomiting sounds.  When I went to check on her, she was coughing, burping and vomiting everywhere.  When I went to clean it up, I realized it was all mucus (there was hardly any food) but it smelled like vomit.  She told me this had been going on for 1 week (at that time).  I tried to make an appt with her Ped.  She was on vaca and her front desk told us to go to ER.  The next evening, I took her to the ER.  ER doc dismissed the vomiting at first and sent her for a chest x-ray (all clear).  I had to keep saying "But she is vomiting, only at night, while lying down.  Something is wrong".  She kept saying it was gag reflex, but I countered with "why only at night when lying down...she coughts throughout the day".  She went ahead and wrote prescription for cough pills (Benzotonate and Zantac) and then on her discharge paper wrote dx: cough.

It didn't work.  I finally got an appointment with Ped, who then said she possibly had "Cough induced asthma" and to try the meds to see if it helps.  I googled that and it is suppose to have dry, hacking cough.  Hers is a wet, productive cough.  She didn't "treat" the vomiting, and instead prescribed her 2 inhalers (Flovent and albuterol, and some nose spray).  I couldn't afford the Flovent ($200 after insurance covered it's part), but I got the Albuterol and Nose Spray.  I figured I would give her the pills the ER doc prescribed and then take the Albuterol if start coughing during the night along with taking the Zantac.  Nothing is working.  I'm going to scrounge some money together and get the Flovent tonight and see if we have better results.  Meanwhile my child is suffering, she is awaken in the middle of the night and still has to go to school.

Does anyone have any ideas?  Should I skip the Zantac this evening since it doesn't seem to be helping anyway.  I'm at a lost.  I think the vomiting at night is significant but the docs dismiss it.  I'm confused.  TIA![/quote]

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