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Thanks for all the responses. It's nice to know what is typical with others...doesn't make me feels so unreasonable to call back! As MLP & Maya mentioned, it does also concern me how his body (liver, kidney's, etc) is handling the remicade. I'm going to try following up w/ the GI office...

Just wondering how often your kids get basic labs (cbc, liver panel, inflammatory markers) done while on Remicade. My son (just turned 17) was diagnosed w/ Crohn's 3 years ago,due to growth failure (pretty much the only symptom). Initially started on Remicade with office visits w/ the...

Thank you for the replies! We live in the U.S. I've been debating about bringing this up his last couple of appointments, but have chickened out! I've been thinking his gi would bring it up, because initially he said we'd repeat the testing at 1 year. But since his weight & height have...

My son, currently age 15, was diagnosed with Crohn's last summer (primarily small intestine & terminal ileum affected). He was asymptomatic, but did experience growth failure, and had abnormal labs. He was put on prednisone (which we tapered) and Remicade, and now 16 months later is still...