HI all,
Going to the GP (again) tomorrow, but I'm posting here in case anyone has any insights or experiences that might help get to the bottom of this, that I might be able to suggest the GP considers. It'll be my fourth visit to the GP about the persistent cough, my second about the vomiting.
A brief timeline of what's been going on:
Early december DD2 develops rash, then nasty cough. Stops eating. GP says chest infection, prescribes Anti-Bs. Start the course, fly to SA for Christmas coughing inmproves, eating picks up once Anti-B course finished.
Jan, back in UK, cough is back. Eating sporadic. Good days/weeks, bad days/weeks. Visit GP 2/3 times to ask about the cough. Told "it's just a virus".
Beginning Feb: Diarrhoea lasting several days. No other symptoms apart from the cough. Eating OK.
11-13 Feb: First major vomiting session. 3 days, nothing staying down. Typically she will eat, then ten-15 minutes later coughs, gags and vomits. Sometimes though the coughing/vomiting comes even if she hasn't eaten. 1 diarrhoea poo on the 11th. Take to GP, but by the time we go, the vomiting has stopped, GP says gastro bug, and the cough is still "just a cold."
Following week and a half of good eating, but persistent cough remains. No vomiting.
Last thursday the vomiting is back, but only for a day. By Friday she's fine again.
Saturday evening it all starts up, this time before each vomiting session her temperature spikes to 39-40°. She can't keep Calpol down, or breastmilk.
Today she vomited her breakfast, her mid morning breast-feed and her lunch ? not that she'd eaten much at any of these meals anyway. Her temperature was high, we gave Calpol, she vomited.
I thought "enough is enough" and went to A&E. Which was about as helpful as a chocolate teapot. She (of course) doesn't vomit while we're there, though she does cough.
Doc says it may be a virus, but says her chest is "clear". Says little and often with fluids, which we're trying to do anyway.
Presribes a course of Anti-biotics in case the chest is bacterial, but we can;t get it filled as the hospital pharmacy is out, and we can't get it anywhere else as hospital scripts are non-transferable.
Says we should mention "reflux" to our GP. ??? If it was reflux, would we get week(s) without vomiting? Wouldn't it be constant? Dunno.
Anyway, does this all ring any bells with anyone?
They weighed her, she's the same weight as she was at her 8 month check. 
. She's skinny, white as a sheet, and yesterday and today has been really lethargic.
Her sleeping has gone to pot since January too. Not that it's necessarily linked, but she'd always slept like a dream and is now waking 2 hourly on average. I don;t mind so much - at night she'll have a breastfeed and keep it down, generally, so at least that's some calories in.
But I'm worried sick for the poor little thing.
Please help if you can, happy to hear anything which might help us get somewhere with the GP tomorrow...
Thanks,
db
xx