SURPRISE, Ariz. -- At first chance, you look for hope. It is surprising how quickly the mind searches for it, how hungry the mind is for every inspiring sign. When the doctor first told us all that Elizabeth, our oldest daughter, had Crohn's disease, we had no idea what it meant. We only knew that she had lost so much weight, that she felt tired all the time, that she wouldn't eat and that sometimes she would suddenly and inexplicably feel deeply sad.
We searched the Internet. We scoured the literature. We considered different treatments. We tried to understand how this disease would change her life and ours.