Hi Rachell, all of us parents on here have been where you are so absolutely fully get where you are coming from and only you can chose whats right for your son. I have to however echo what MLP has said and to add that the use of biologics has been life changing for my dd. We were extremely reluctant to put her on a biologic as she was only 2 when she was diagnosed with Crohn's and we did try everything else first and in the end we felt we had no choice, Im only sorry now that we didn't do it sooner. She started on infliximab just shy of her 4th birthday and eventually about 6 months later we moved to humira, which in the most part has been working extremely well for her. She is now almost 9 and holding her own in the most part. When I asked the GI nurse what the alternative to Humira was at the time she told me there wasn't any and most likey my dd would end up having to have surgery which had been discussed a lot in the previous 6 months, but having said all that myself and my husband agonised, cried, agonised some more and worried but I now know we made the right decision. Good luck with your decision and I hope your son finds remission without the scary drugs, however I think you may need to have it at the back of you mind that holistic approach might not work.
