"I fed her earlier for the first time and am trying to reacquaint myself as her father.
"It certainly helps to see them.
"I am going to fight my absolute hardest to be there for all of life's little moments. That's where I'm getting my strength and that helps me know I can beat this.
"I'm doing all right. I finished my first lot of chemo a few days ago and came through well, but it's one of those situations where you've got to get a lot worse before you get better.
"I'm just taking it day by day.''
Lyle has been mainly complication-free thus far, although he underwent a blood transfusion to return his platelet level to a healthy reading on Wednesday.
He is waiting for his blood counts to get to a reasonable level so he can have another bone marrow test and doctors will then decide on the timing of the next course of action.
He faces more chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in the future.
The best case for Lyle in the short term would be some time out of hospital to spend with family.
"Hopefully I can get out of here for a little bit in a few weeks,'' he says.
"They would rather I stay close to hospital so luckily Dave Rogers from Challenge (cancer support network) found a place in Docklands that we can have for a few weeks so we can stay as a family.''
Lyle has been humbled by the support from the golfing community and the general public.
The entire field and their caddies sported `Leuk the Duck' badges, the mascot for Challenge, on their caps in Thursday's opening round of the US PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.
Countless messages have been sent to Australia from many of sport's elite.
"It's been really nice to still feel a part of what's going on over there and I just want to thank everyone for their well wishes and support,'' Lyle said.
"It means a great deal to me.''
- AAP
