<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Good Morning all: As I am the grandfather to a possible celiac boy -- I wanted to chime in on this list for a moment. I am familiar with listservers -- as I myself have Multiple myeloma (a blood and bone marrow cancer) and from that have learned the ins and outs and the very valuable lessons of someone who has been there and done that -- and then gone on to inform me and others about such. (Oh first let me tell all -- to find "Celiac.com" do not leave off the final "c" on that address. Celia has a pretty nasty porno site there.) But now to my grandson: Just a little one of 8 month old. Pale and not growing in weight as he should have been. I had noticed this two or more month ago. Told my daughter: get him checked, find out if there is a problem. He looks anemic -- though he has been maturing ok -- he did not gain the weight that involves the "baby fat" look. When the doctor dropped the name of Celiac disease to my daughter -- we went to the net and found you here. So we will be pouring over the FAQ list and also get familiar with all the symptoms. Biggest thing would be to find out what is next for such a little one. We live in Salt Lake City and have a wonderful children hospital -- both the Shriners and a University one. Would it be wiser to go right up and ask for the things that they might have available to know about? Or should we be getting what we can from his doctor and then be talking here with you folks? Pediatricians know lots of things. My adopted son is a doctor and is married to a pediatrician. They live in Texas -- and I have burned the phone lines last night -- but she felt that it is too hard to get much of a dx over the phone. So when they come to visit in a couple of weeks we'll get more info from them. In the meantime the info you can provide will be appreciated and then of course it is a matter of learning all about this thing. Having an "uncurable caner" myself I know how much help my listserv has been to me. It provided a hell of a lot more then the local Hem/Onc did. I actually achieved a temporary remission because of the list information that would otherwise not have been applied in my case. I also would have had a Stem Cell transplant at a cost of $200,000 first - without trying to see if remission would be possible without such. (So it can not be in the best interest to leave it up to the doctor only.) So not to be overly long winded. Let me introduce myself. As Bo Dittmar from Utah with a good looking 8 month old grandson with possible gf -- testing and questions to follow. Take care; from Bo