 He couldn't sleep at night with the cough. And that's when I got to the point that I was on the phone constantly with our doctor to try and find a substitute. He would go to school and his school would tell me that he's having a constant cough as well. For seven weeks, Vacchio spent hours talking with the insurance company, the pharmacy and the doctor before finally finding an alternative medicine that her son could use and the insurance plan would cover. It's really scary and very frustrating.