Is there anything I can do now to maybe help the process? I've never run into this type of issue with BTC. Do I need to worry about the funds? It's been about 5 hours... I'm just not sure what to do. I'm guessing there is no way to up the fees now? I'm very confused as to what my next step is.
Thank you very much for your help
One thing you could try is the Via Transaction Accelerator at
https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/ . This can sometimes help speed up the process of confirmation.
Alternatively, if you have access to the change of that transaction, you can attempt to sped the change with a high fee and that will sometimes help prioritize the confirmation of the original transaction as well.