Coughing it up

Aaron got to try a half-day at school this morning, and he was so excited to go!  He ran into the building saying "Aslee?  Yoren?" (his teachers are Ashley and Lauren).  When he got to his room, there was a bin of multicolored mini pom-poms to scoop with a giant spoon.  It doesn't get any better than mini pom-poms.  He waved a perfunctory goodbye to me and got to work.  

Sadly, he puked at lunchtime, and I had to come and take him home.  He was bummed.  I brought him to the doctor in the afternoon and we got much sympathy and various herbal remedies.  He checks out fine - not dehydrated, lungs clear, all that.  He does have a very runny nose and a cough, and it turns out that at this point, the coughing leads to gagging and then puking.  This phenomenon is very common in toddlers.  sigh.  So we are treating him with warm honey lemonade for the throat, a eucalyptus chest rub for the congestion, probiotics to restore digestive health, and no cow's milk because it makes more mucus.  I have to admit that part of me was hoping for a hardcore Cough-B-Gone medication... but that probably wouldn't be any more effective.