<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello one and all, I just recently joined this group and have read each response with great interest. I have a 12 year old daughter with CD. Taylor was diagnosed at the age of 18 months after many tests were adminstered for "failure to thrive" and finally a biopsy was completed. She was glutenfree for another 12 months when a second biopsy was preformed. The results were that her small intestine was 100% better but still not 100% healed. We are very strict and follow the diet to the best of our ability. Her doctor recommended that we have a gluten challenge and then do another biopsy, but at this point Taylor has no interest in it and if you knew her at 18 months and then saw her just 4 months later, there would be no doubt in your mind that the GF diet was agreeing with her. After reading all the postings here I have begun to wonder if Taylor truly has CD. So many of you have other health problems or food intolerances, while my daughter is as healthy as a horse. She has not had the slightest cold or stomach virus since she was 5 years old. (Nor has she been on any type of medicine). One of the things I saw here that really got my mind thinking was when I read how some of you have such severe reaction to even the smallest trace of gluten. There have been a few times when I know Taylor ingest a small amount and nothing of note occurs. Could it be that she is not celiac? Could she have just had some type of allergic reaction to wheat when she was younger? (That wouldn't destroy your small intestine would it?) I guess what I really want to know is.....are there people out there with CD who follow the diet and are healthy in all other ways? If so, please let me know. Every night when I sit and read these things I think that I should insist upon a gluten challenge because Taylor does not sound like all the other celiac's out there. Also, if there are any of you out there in the Tampa Bay area who have young children, I would love to hear from you. By the way, neither my husband or I have any history of CD in our families, nor do either of our other two daughters. Just something to think about. Please let me know any thoughts you might have on our situation. Thanks, Lori & Taylor Bradenton, FL [log in to unmask]