Vomit vomit everywhere

We had a bit of a scare this evening for Clara and I. I was brushing her hair like I just started to do at night and she likes to get a hold of the brush that I am using. So I have been giving her a brush to play with and then I will use the other one to brush her hair. I noticed that she had a rubber band stuck in her mouth that fell off of the brush so I took that out of her mouth, took the rubber bands off of ALL of the brushes and gave it back to her. All of a sudden, she started to vomit. I think she stuck the brush too far in her mouth and gagged herself. The vomit was coming out of her nose and she started to gag and she could not catch her breath because there was vomit everywhere. It was SO scary. I was so terrified that she was going to chooke or gag to death. She was naked because she had just gotten out of her bath. I picked her up and started to pat her on her back but I don't know if I was helping or hurting the situation. After a while, she seemed to be able to breath OK. I called Matt and then the doctor and they told me to aspirate her with the bulb thing. That sort of made things worse because I had finally calmed her down and she HATES that. I was so scared. I started to cry after that. If anything EVER happens to that child, I seriously don't know what I would do with myself.

Anyway, she was so tired so I fed her and she fell asleep. I figured she was OK because if she can cry normally, then she can probably breath OK. I just hope that there is not a rubber band in there causing problems. I think that would pass if it is what she swallowed. Since she has fallen asleep, I think we have checked on her at least 5 times. I love her so much, I really really need her to be OK.