Day +32: ICU

Mina Brigitta's condition worsened this afternoon, and they're sending us to the pediatric intensive care unit tonight. Her vital signs are stable, but she has a very high fever and her face and torso are swelling. The staff in the BMT unit felt uncomfortable with how her condition was changing, so the decision was made to put her in a place where she can be observed more closely. Everyone is acting on the theory that she has Stevens-Johnson syndrome (http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic555.htm) which is a drug reaction. But we won't know anything for sure until the studies start coming back and even then we might not know. Hopefully we'll be back in Room 739 before long, but there's just no way of knowing. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.