As some of you know, we have been working with our pediatrician to figure out what's going on with Madison. She isn't "sick" as in contagious sickness. She throws up at night. She has been doing it for about 3 weeks. The doctor thought it was acid re-flux. We have tried 2 different acid re-flux medications, both without any results. The doctor said, as a shot in the dark, to take dairy out of her diet for a couple days. Neither of us thought this would produce any results. After all, she's almost 9, wouldn't we have noticed a milk allergy by now?
However, taking dairy out of Madison's diet seems to have actually worked. She went puke-free for all 3 days. Then we re-introduced a regular, dairy-included diet and the vomiting began again. So here we are on day 2 of dairy-free experiment 2. The doctor is on vacation so I can't really update her. I don't know if there is any testing she wants to do or if we just go forward from here with no dairy.
I thought "how can she be allergic to dairy all of a sudden?" and, as I always do when I need more information about something, I hopped onto the computer and began researching. It seems sudden allergy development is pretty rare. But maybe it wasn't so sudden. According to an article on ehow.com milk allergy can also cause long-term symptoms like dark circles around the eyes, respiratory problems and stuffy/runny nose. All of which Madison has experienced on a regular basis. She has also has had unexplained bouts of vomiting in the past. At one point, we thought she was hypoglycemic, and the vomiting caused by too much sugar. My only question is this: If she is allergic to milk, why does the vomiting come in bouts? Wouldn't it be an every-day occurrence if she was eating/drinking milk products?
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