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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately,  I have been in your shoes.  They thought our dd had ee but it was crohns.  Dont worry about not getting into children's gi until late this month -; I can tell you from experience that there are so many tests they will run - swallowing, endoscopy, colonoscopy, etc depending on your situation.  Children's referred us to CHOP and it still took a year for us to get a diagnosis.   We did have developmental delays but our daughter is now doing so much better, and children can bounce back from war, famine, illness.   This is not your fault.  There is no trying harder.  Failure to thrive is the bugaboo of pediatrics - a million things can cause it.  If there is a medical reason, it will take time to sort out.  If there is a behavioral component, childrens will get you into the feedng clinic and ot therapy - but it will take time.

Everyone's situation is so different so what helps one person is not necessarily going to work.  Your child sounds like mine - likely beyond the advice of giving some more avocado.  Try to hold tight and wait for that appointment.   Also ask to be on the cancellation list so if someone cancels you can take the first available.   The er wont help in this situation.  Also, this proccess is a marathon, not a sprint.  The year that I went through with my dd was unbelievably hard and she is not in the clear yet, but there is light.  Dont be afraid of the tests, the anesthesia,  and tbe gtube.  The road to diagnosing this is hard for both of you, but the most important thing is to get the diagnosis as soon as you can so your child can work on bouncing back from this.  It will be ok.  Im sorry you are going through this.[/quote]

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