Will update

Well, we are still at UAB and will be until tomorrow. Around 7 last night his pacemaker started not capturing as well as it should. He would go several beats where only his atria would beat and the ventricle wouldn't respond. He could definitely feel it and would get lightheaded, etc. It went on all evening but followed no pattern. Sometimes it would go 5-6 beats without capturing. Mom and I left around 11:30 and dad waited for the Dr to come by. The Dr was finally called around 1an and the pacemaker tech came in to make adjustments. He had to increase the voltage so it would capture better. This morning he wasn't requiring as much voltage, which is a good sign. They think it may all be due to the inflammation from the surgery and have given him steroids to help with that. The fact that it is better this morning is good news - because if it wasn't there was talk of them having to go back in and put new lead wires or something more serious/complicated. So he won't be going home today as we hoped but pending no other changes with his pacemaker they will check it first thing in the morning and he can go home then. He was just moved out of the ICU to a regular room which is great. He is moving around a little bit and has just begun to eat a little solid food. He is sore but doing well with pain, etc. Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery and for the pacemaker settings to all normalize.
One funny story from last night: the nurses changed shifts last night at 7 and he changed from an older gray-headed woman to a cute young brunette who just graduated from Samford in May. Once she introduced herself and left the room, Will looked at me and said, "game on!". Needless to say, I think he enjoyed his 12 hours with nurse Laura. :-)