Charles Lyttle Updates

Days 54 - 64– October 12 - 22.   I give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonderful deeds. Psalms 9:1.  I'm getting to the point where they are going to let me do my own blog post. I have a high standard to live up to…😉! The Lord  not only saved me but has gone ahead and continued the healing process in me. Today was a big outing for me. Amy and Mikayla took me to my follow up appointment with the neurosurgeon, and others, including a CT scan. Everyone was happy and impressed with my brain's healing progress. Personally, I had never seen the "before surgery scan" so I was pretty shocked at all the damage that had been done. We were all excited by all the positive comments from the neurosurgery team. They were quite frank about the timeline for the next move. We were told that discussions for the repair, cranioplasty, don't normally even start until the patient is at least 3 months out from th

  Psalms‬ ‭118:14‭-‬22‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬ [14] The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. [15] ¶The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly. [16] The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly. [17] I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord. [18] The Lord has disciplined me severely, But He has not turned me over to death. [19] ¶Open the gates of righteousness to me; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to the Lord. [20] This is the gate of the Lord; The righteous will enter through it. [21] I will give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. [22] ¶A stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. [24] This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it. Yesterday Dad was able to get out for his appointment, and today, he went out for a few quick errand

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:5‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬ [5] and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. This past week of settling in and creating new routines and learning and growing together has been busy and full and tiring and good! We've scheduled appointments and followed up with insurance stuff and gone to an appointment and had visitors and good days and bad days and time continues on.  Dad continues to make progress as his brain continues to heal. And he's getting lots of practice with day to day tasks that we weren't sure if he'd be able to do in the midst of our hospital time with the future unclear. But he can do them! He can brush his teeth and get ready for the day, etc. And he can get in and out of bed/chair and walk. And he can talk and write and think and remember! And we continue to praise God for all the pieces we were unsure of and the ways he continues to work. We ask for prayer for