Re: coughing so hard he throws up--help!

[Guest guest]

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My doc puts Paige on Xopenex by nebulizer, and it helps tremendously in those

situations. Perhaps you can ask your doctor about that? I have been there a few

times....you are in my prayers tonight..hang in there.

Mom to KM 8 wocf, and Paige 3 wcf, and author of " Juggling Cystic Fibrosis. A

Health Journal "

coughing so hard he throws up--help!

My almost 2 year old has a nasty post nasal drip that makes him cough

so hard that he has vomited 4 times in 2 days. He has hardly slept

at all and is so tired. His nose isn't runny and his lungs still

sound ok--it is just gunk in the back of his throat. His lungs have

always been totally clear. He is on guafenisin, antihistimine, cough

suppressant (yes, I know we shouldn't be on it) and and

decongestant. We are trying to give him plenty of fluids, tilt his

bed, and are using an ultrasonic humidifier which has been

disenfected with ozonated water. Any other advice? I just hate

seeing him cough like this.

(mom to Ashton wcf, 11 weeks premature, exclusively g-tube

fed)

[Guest guest]

My daughter always did that when she was young and undiagnosed!!

Antibodics helped!

Rosemary from New York with 3 children with CF -

they are 12.5, 10, 6......

I coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; we have a dog we named -are you ready

for this - TOBI after their medication!!! At least it wasn't albuterol or

Coly...

[Guest guest]

,

Talk to his doc about getting a small bottle of codiene cough syrup, then

use only in desparate situations like this. The doc may be reluctant to

give it to you, but explain how you have that this cough isn't doing any

good, just making him loose sleep (not to mention you're all losing sleep)

It MAY not even work, but usually will, we have done this before but really

rarely.

good luck,

M

coughing so hard he throws up--help!

> My almost 2 year old has a nasty post nasal drip that makes him cough

> so hard that he has vomited 4 times in 2 days. He has hardly slept

> at all and is so tired. His nose isn't runny and his lungs still

> sound ok--it is just gunk in the back of his throat. His lungs have

> always been totally clear. He is on guafenisin, antihistimine, cough

> suppressant (yes, I know we shouldn't be on it) and and

> decongestant. We are trying to give him plenty of fluids, tilt his

> bed, and are using an ultrasonic humidifier which has been

> disenfected with ozonated water. Any other advice? I just hate

> seeing him cough like this.

>

> (mom to Ashton wcf, 11 weeks premature, exclusively g-tube

> fed)

>

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