<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I just came from my granddaughter's baseball game. There was a little girl there, who is 6 this month. She was about the size of a 3 year old, and extremely thin.....mostly just skin covering bone. I asked her grandfather the cause, and he said Crohn's disease. Stated they tube feed her thru the abdomen, but had finally tried feeding her normally, but she didn't gain any weight. She seems like a bright little girl and runs around just like any normal child....except for her size. Grandpa stated that eventually she will just burn herself out. I came home thinking about her and began wondering. I am sure they have probably had every test in the book done, and maybe covered all other things....... but she seemed like the picture of all our symptoms...failure to thrive, small for age, malnourished, malabsorption, etc. etc. There will be another baseball game tomorrow night and I am wondering if I should ask the mom if celiac was ever considered, or if she even tried a GF diet. I am asking everyone for their thoughts on this. This listserv always mentions how celiac is misdiagnosed as other things..... is Crohn's one of them? Thanks everyone. Bev