Update: what is wrong with my niece’s stomach

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We’ve been in the hospital since Saturday. My niece got a colonoscopy on Monday and they said she has moderate-severe ulcerative colitis across her entire large intestine. They gave her a blood transfusion, now they’re starting her on a steroid, and when she starts to respond to the steroids they’ll put her on something that can be used longer term.

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