Boston Globe 1/9/08:  Old-fashioned lifeline:  stricken children thrive with intravenous doses of fish oil.  Ellie Brogan of Wayland was born with with just a tiny fraction of her small intestine and missing some of her colon, and was told she would probably need a liver transplant or die by her first birthday.  Now, 2 1/2 years later, Ellie is one of more than 100 children with rare "short bowel syndrome" who have received a therapy pioneered at Children’s Hospital Boston. It uses an old-fashioned substance – fish oil – to keep their livers healthy, and doctors and Ellie’s parents say it helped save her life.