Helpless

I am at a complete and total loss at what to do with Savannah. As a parent you are suppose to be there to comfort them, fight for them, and make sure that nothing hurts them. I can't take this pain away. I don't know what's causing it. Savannah gets car sick. Jeff and I have scrubbed a puked on car seat more times than any parent should have to. Once is enough but at least a dozen times just is getting really carried away. Last month I brought her into the doctor for her vomiting spells at home that she has also been having. They come every 6-9 weeks. I can sense when they are going to be brought on by either bowel habits or her mood. The doctor prescribed her some zofran to help with these vomiting spells so she can at least keep food in her for the day. She's usually fine until she eats something. It comes back up and she goes about playing until another one comes along or she realizes that hunger is starting to strike her again. Then we battle in the kitchen for an hour or 2 over how much she's allowed to drink/eat. Its like reliving the stomach flu every other month. I realize that kids are going to get sick but I was not prepared for this many episodes of sickness per year.

The road trip to MN/WI proved to us that Zofran is our new best friend along with her DVD player/countless Elmo movies. When we sensed the car sickness coming on, we quick pulled over, got her out of the car to pop one of those pills in her mouth. Gave her some time to get some fresh air and on our merry way we went. Thats all fine and dandy that we have this medicine to give to her once she's getting sick but I don't like to be reactive. I like to be proactive and reach the source of the problem before it becomes a problem.

Tonight after an hour of sleeping for her she awoke screaming in pain and sweating. She wanted to throw up so badly but it just wouldn't come as I held a clammy toddler on my lap. She was crying and I could have just about cried along side her. You feel so helpless as a mom as your holding your child who is in pain but there's nothing you can do. I again reached for our new best friend the Zofran bottle and let a pill dissolve under her tongue. I am in complete misery and want so badly to know the reason behind all her pain. I figured her tummy was bothering her today by the amount of dirty diapers I changed. She acted normal before going to bed only requesting to sleep nexy to me which isn't totally out of sorts but its not asked on a normal basis. The Zofran took about 5 minutes to kick in and she was out. She's sleeping so well that she's snoring. The pediatrician said that wouldn't be her first recommendation to solve the problem. What do I do with my child?