Charley Hughes

This is my Father-in-law, Charley Hughes. He is a very sweet man who is loved by everyone who comes in contact with him. He is only 62. He suffered a major stroke the day before Thanksgiving and has been slowly recovering ever since. We are so proud of how hard he is working physically and mentally through all of this. He had just moved to Boise the beginning of October and we were so excited to have him close. The kids loved being able to go over to his house and visit with him whenever they wanted. Since the stroke happened we are even more glad that he is close. After about 7 weeks at the Elks Rehab center where he didn't progress all that much, he then moved to Sunbridge Nursing home where within a week he started improving tremendously. What an answer to prayer. Even though he has a long way to go in order to ever be on his own, he is trying so hard everyday to do one thing better than he did the day before. Inspiring! The kids are the best "therapy" as he would say. So we see him at least once a week if not more. Jay goes to see him 2-3 times a week and we have even been able to pay a van service to bring him to our house for a few hours so that he can get out and hang with the family. He will be leaving Sunbridge in about 2 weeks and will go back to the Elks for 2 weeks of intensive rehab to try and give him a boost. From there he will be settling down at a really nice assisted living home called Paramount here in Eagle. Its only about 7-10 minutes from our house and its right across the street from where his sister lives. He will have his own room which is very nice and big enough to put his bed, a couch, dresser and TV in. And it has a great view of a nice pond. We continue to pray for a a full recovery knowing that God is in control and that a full recovery may not be the outcome. But we also know that our God is all powerful and that he could heal Charley today if that is his will. So please pray with us. Once Charley is living at Paramount we are praying that he doesn't get discouraged because he wont be getting therapy everyday anymore...the insurance just wont cover it. He will be allowed a few different therapy's a week but we still don't know how much that will actually be. I'm sure there are still hard times ahead for him. He is starting to get some feeling back in his left side and we watched him almost pull him self up out of bed to a seated position so he is progressing. He is walking with the help of a walker and a spotter, but cant do that on his own. Because he is so young and because we had such great hopes for him moving to Boise and being more a part of our ,this has been difficult and heartbreaking to watch. We love him dearly and have been encouraged by his reliance on the Lord during this time. Yes there are some days that he is very down but over all we have been encouraged my his attitude to fight this. The picture above is from Tyson's 1st birthday which he was able to come to. Its a great picture of his legacy.