I am inclined to believe that Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords will be making a complete recovery, based on her remarkable progress in just one week.
ABC Promotional Clip of interview with Mike Kelly, Congresswoman Giffords’ astronaut husband:
Doctors have successfully performed a surgery on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ eye socket to remove bone fragments as the wounded congresswoman showed more signs of improvement.
There were no complications from the surgery, and Giffords is improving so much that she was able to give her husband a back rub.
Dr. Randall Friese said Mark Kelly also told doctors he saw Giffords smile. He said sometimes people see what they want to see, but that “if he says she’s smiling, I buy it.”
Giffords still cannot speak because of a tracheotomy done so the breathing tube could be removed from her mouth.
Dr. Michael Lemole says the eye operation entailed making an incision above the eyebrow, removing bone chips to relieve pressure and reconstructing the roof of the socket.
Today 1:37 PM ET Smiling
The AP reports:
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors have successfully performed a surgery on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ eye socket to remove bone fragments as the wounded congresswoman showed more signs of improvement.
There were no complications from the surgery, and Giffords is improving so much that she was able to give her husband a back rub.
Dr. Randall Friese said Mark Kelly also told doctors he saw Giffords smile. He said sometimes people see what they want to see, but that “if he says she’s smiling, I buy it.”
Giffords still cannot speak because of a tracheotomy done so the breathing tube could be removed from her mouth.
Dr. Michael Lemole says the eye operation entailed making an incision above the eyebrow, removing bone chips to relieve pressure and reconstructing the roof of the socket.
Today 11:26 AM ET Giffords’ Husband: She Gave Me A Back Rub At Hospital
Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Giffords, will give his first interview on Tuesday night. ABC has released excerpts of the interview, and in one portion Kelly says that Giffords is now able to give him a back rub:
“[It is] so typical of her. She’s in the ICU. You know, gone through this traumatic injury. And she spent 10 minutes giving me a neck massage. I keep tellin’ her. I’m like, ‘Gabby, you’re in the ICU. You know, you don’t need — you know, you don’t need to be doin’ this.’ But it’s so typical of her that no matter how bad the situation might be for her, you know, she’s lookin’ out for other people.”
The astronaut also says he is “probably” willing to meet with the parents of alleged shooter Jared Loughner:
“I’d probably see them. You know, I don’t think it’s their fault. It’s not the parents fault. You know, I’d like to think I’m a person that’s, you know, somewhat forgiving. And, I mean, they’ve got to be hurting in this situation as much as much as anybody.”
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- Doctors replace Giffords’ breathing tube (thenewstribune.com)
- Good News From Tucson: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Breathing Without Ventilator (mediaite.com)
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