First of all, I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's experience at the gastro. Unfortunately, that's all too common.
Following up daliatree's wonderful post, I just wanted to leave you the link to the Recipe Section overview. If you scroll down the page a little, you'll find links to all the different recipe sections here on the site - a sampling from Heather's cookbook and cooking show, the newsletter archive, the message board, and the message board index. Read through the recipes together, and I'm betting you'll find some treats that she's sure to want to try - and they're all safe! Personally, I recommend the Peppermint Fudge Cake and the Chocolate Applesauce Bread... so good!
Also, as far as drinks go, the only fruit juice that's IBS-safe is pure cranberry. Personally, just about every other juice (grape and apple, especially!) gives me D, so you might want to go carefully with juices. I know this is something that's not exactly recommended, but if she's feeling brave, have her try some Kool-Aid (I buy the packets and make it with less sugar) and Gatorade. Even when I was having a lot of D, I could drink Gatorade without problems... I still wouldn't recommend making it *all* she drinks, but a little is a nice break from water and tea, if she can tolerate it.
For drinking, I find rice milk (I buy vanilla Rice Dream) to be a lot tastier than soy milk, but that's just me. I also prefer Rice Dream "ice cream" to soy ice cream... just a couple suggestions, if she tries soy and decides she doesn't like it.
Oooh, one more thing... if she likes iced tea, try brewed iced redbush (rooibus) tea. It's still technically an herbal, but it tastes a little more "tea-like" than, say, peppermint, fennel, or chamomile.
I know you're concerned about her weight loss - I'm 29, and my mother STILL worries because I've lost weight - but she will stabilize and her weight will too.  Hang in there, both of you!
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