Yeah - not sure how both my kids ended up with it, given the odds. I suppose even though there is no known IBD on my wife's side of the family, perhaps our genetics together upped the odds. Sad for my girls, but my 19 year-old is doing great with her j-pouch.
The biggest med issue is... 1.2 g Lialda pills... totally freaked out my daughter. And come to find out that while I always thought she did fine with pills (has taken Benadryl and Singulair), she actually has a fear of swallowing pills and refused to even try to down a pill last night. What is covered by insurance is an issue, as well as the fact that smaller, non-targeted 5-ASA's don't often reach the rectum so she'd have to double the pills with suppositories. I already told her that's the likely other option.
I was frustrated enough that she wouldn't even try with the pills I kind of handed it off to the doc and my wife and daughter 
The children's hospital has someone on their IBD staff who helps kids learn to swallow pills so that might be an option. I've tried telling her she is going to have to learn this "life skill" sometime, so might as well be now (of course, that didn't help anything).
Anyway... appreciate the support guys!