IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Sometimes, a mother just knows.
Shortly after Laila Walton was born, she began experiencing excessive vomiting, diarrhea, and nonstop crying. Her local pediatrician diagnosed her with a milk allergy. By age 2, however, Laila was having headaches and vomiting for hours. She was even unable to walk or talk at times and was in terrible pain.
She then was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome, which is characterized by episodes of severe vomiting with no apparent cause. But Laila’s parents, Rod and Christine, didn’t feel this was the correct diagnosis for their daughter.