Crohn's Disease Patient Stories

After years of pain and stilted growth due to her then-undiagnosed Crohn's disease, Ella is now receiving treatment, and growing taller and stronger.

Nutritional therapy proved to be the key to treating Zachary’s Crohn’s disease and eventual remission. Now 18, he’s looking ahead to college symptom-free.

After treatment for Crohn’s disease at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Jillian has resumed competitive dancing and hopes to pursue a nursing career.

After being diagnosed and treated for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Paige is now growing, thriving and dancing competitively.

Diagnosed with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) when he was only 18 months old, Landen is now responding well to treatment.

Jackson, 15, loves to perform on stage. He’s able to perform with full energy thanks to treatment for IBD at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Will, 12, has a very complicated form of Crohn’s disease. His symptoms are under control thanks to the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Laney has been living with both Turner syndrome and Crohn’s disease since she was a toddler. Thanks to Children’s Hospital, she is a thriving 11-year-old.

Gavin and Hudson have their Crohn’s disease under control thanks to a nutrition study at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Pediatric IBD.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has helped Abigail, 22, manage her Crohn’s disease and Turner syndrome for more than 18 years.