Couple's wedding day plans upended when fiancée is rushed to ICU
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A fiancée was left fighting for survival in an intensive care unit (ICU) during what should have been among the happiest weeks of her life. 

Ariana and Chandler Sleen were just two weeks out from their special day when the bride-to-be, who is pregnant, began experiencing severe back pain. 

A woman was quickly taken to a medical facility in Duluth, Minnesota, where healthcare professionals informed her partner that she was dealing with a serious case of pneumonia and had entered septic shock.

Ariana was put on a ventilator, and doctors began preparations for an emergency C-section. 

She also had a kidney infection and a serious lung infection that prevented her from breathing on her own. 

‘I was definitely very terrified,’ Chandler told local Fox affiliate KBJR News. 

‘I mean, these are the two most important people in my life right here and they were both struggling. It was very scary.’ 

Miraculously, Ariana showed signs of improvement, and doctors didn’t need to perform the emergency C-section. 

Ariana and Chandler Sleen's wedding plans were upended when Ariana suffered a severe medical emergency and was hospitalized in the ICU

Ariana and Chandler Sleen’s wedding plans were upended when Ariana suffered a severe medical emergency and was hospitalized in the ICU 

Doctors told Chandler that Ariana had severe pneumonia and was suffering septic shock. She was put on a ventilator due to a lung infection, and doctors prepared for an emergency C-section

Medical experts updated Chandler that Ariana was facing severe pneumonia and septic shock. She was placed on a ventilator because of a lung infection, and medical professionals made preparations for an urgent C-section.

Miraculously, Ariana recovered, and doctors didn't need to perform the C-section. She was taken off her ventilator the day before her wedding date, and decided to go through with the ceremony

In a surprising turn of events, Ariana made a recovery, and the C-section was not necessary. She was removed from the ventilator the day before her scheduled wedding, and she chose to proceed with the ceremony.

She also began breathing on her own, and doctors removed her ventilator the day before her wedding date. 

Although the couple couldn’t have the wedding they were planning, Ariana’s hospital staff helped them make her day special. 

Ariana and Chandler decided to get married in the hospital, and her nursing staff decorated her suite for the big day. 

Ariana told KBJR that the medical staff gave her the ‘Taylor Swift Suite’ and helped decorate her hospital room for the ceremony. 

Deanna Anderson, one of Ariana’s nurses at Essentia Health, told KBJR that she wanted to make room for a wedding cake. 

Another nurse, Madeline Vogel, admitted that the staff ‘had to get creative’ when decorating the hospital for the wedding.  

‘This might top the list for the happiest things I’ve seen at work,’ Vogel added. 

Ariana said that the nurses who helped her recovery were ‘the kindest, sweetest people,’ and she was grateful that the medical staff went the extra mile to make her wedding day special. 

Ariana was pregnant at the time of her hospitalization, and Chandler feared for his fiancée and unborn child

Ariana was pregnant at the time of her hospitalization, and Chandler feared for his fiancée and unborn child 

The medical staff gave the couple the 'Taylor Swift Suite' so they could have a makeshift ceremony on their wedding day

The medical staff gave the couple the ‘Taylor Swift Suite’ so they could have a makeshift ceremony on their wedding day 

Ariana said in an update on the couple's GoFundMe that she is recovering and is filled with gratitude for those who stood by her while she was in the ICU

Ariana said in an update on the couple’s GoFundMe that she is recovering and is filled with gratitude for those who stood by her while she was in the ICU 

Since their big day, Ariana has been recovering as the couple plans to welcome their son Sebastian into the world. The baby’s due date is June 29. 

Ariana said that she is suffering some memory loss and had to learn how to walk and drink water after she was released from the hospital. 

‘If there is one major take away from this whole thing is please take the chance and opportunity to know God’s love for you,’ she wrote on a GoFundMe page.

Ariana went on to say that she was grateful to her husband for staying by her side in the hospital and for the support her loved ones showed her during her hospitalization. 

She told KBJR that she plans to invite the medical staff to her reception and is excited to return to the hospital for a happier reason when their child is delivered.  

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