LDS Hospital - ICU

Celeste was laboring more with her breathing before we made the transport to LDS Hospital. After settling into the Bone Marrow Transplant Pod the doctors ordered a CT scan - didn't like what it showed. Followed it with a bronchoscopy. Following the"bronch" she was critical and unstable and they sent her to the ICU. The following is from Shaleece's facebook page:

Hi Everyone. Thank you all for your comments, prayers, love, and support for Celeste. Here is the latest...

Dad and Mom had a meeting with the staff mid day. This is Dad's report:

- Still in ICU. Calling her critical but stable.
- She has a little edema (water retention/swelling).
- A little fluid at her heart - it has been weakened a little by the chemo.
- She's breathing more comfortably after some adjustments to her ventilator tube and machines.
- Her oxygen is about 30% on ventilator support (down from 100% yesterday. This is good).
- Air pressure is still a little high at 18 (used to keep her lungs more open to receiving the oxygen).
- Due to the bronchoscopy and ventilator, her cough is all but gone. Not the virus, just the cough.
- Her white cell count is now 2.5! Huge improvement from a week ago at .1. Still praying that this number will continue to climb, since only her immune system can kill the respiratory virus.
- Platelets are at 50, which they will now maintain at that # or above through transfusions.
- She's being filled with antibiotics and anti-fungals to kill everything.
- Her nose is not bleeding, just spotting.
- She has a feeding tube that will supplement what she can't intake orally for calorie counts.
- Fever is under control with management.
- She is sleeping a lot, which she has been unable to do with the coughing. The narcotics help take off the edge and help with her sleeping. 
- She looks visibly better than yesterday :-)

All encouraging!

She made it through the night and is feeling very well cared for by her ICU team. Her nurses are amazing :-)