No Surgery Today!

Ali and I came into Willow's room at 7AM this morning fully expecting a surgeon to be there waiting for us to sign consent forms for the pacemaker surgery today (We found out yesterday that her surgery was moved from 1pm to 9am).  When we walked in the room the nurse looked at us and said, "Well, she isn't going into the OR today."  We asked why and she said that she is showing more improvement and we are going to give her more time.  Currently, they have the external pacemaker set to 60 BPM and her heart is fully beating on its own at around 75 - 80 BPM!  This is the first time she has not needed a pacemaker to pace her ventricle and every other beat is being conducted.  She is still in second degree heart block but they are "cautiously optimistic."  On Saturday when she showed improvement it was not sustained so we are praying that this sticks and she can get out of heart block completely in the next couple of days.  This morning was a HUGE answer to prayer and we were very excited that we could delay the pacemaker surgery.  What a roller coaster we have been on.  Once more we are reminded that we are not in control and even though we think or expect something, God can have something completely different in mind. Thank you so much for your continued prayers and encouragement! Please continue to pray that she comes completely out of heart block, and soon. We are so ready to go home!