Ipod appears on desktop not in itunes

One day, I went to sync my ipod (2nd generation click wheel from 2004) with itunes and I ran into trouble.
My ipod didn't appear in Itunes or desktop and when I (properly) disconnected the ipod from Itunes all my music had been erased. I came to apple's site and followed the "not appearing anywhere on computer" steps.
I got my ipod to reappear on my mac desktop. But it didn't recognize it as "liz's ipod" anymore just "Ipod."
And it still won't appear in Itunes.
I've updated itunes, tried several different usb cord, reset it till one day... I got it to appear in itunes (for less than ten seconds).
I have a family road trip soon and would like my music back so any tips or suggestions would be helpful.
I honestly think it's just dead.

Hey there,
Have you had a chance to look at this Apple support document relating to this issue? If not, check it out. Hope it helps.
[iPod appears on the Mac OS X desktop but not in iTunes|http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27658?viewlocale=en_US]
B-rock

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