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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Michelle, may I ask, what’s the weather like on your planet? Your assertions are more than absurd, Michelle, they’re downright strange!
According to michellefrommadison, judges should never go anywhere without security (or their families either) because they regularly get threats. No politician should go anywhere without security because they get death threats on a regular basis too. If they do venture out without security then they are the ones who should be punished if some nut begins shooting people around them (even if it is not the same nut who issued the death threats).
That is more or less anarchy where the laws mean nothing and it’s every man/woman for him/herself. Sure, there are countries like that but they’re not civilized countries and certainly not someplace a person would choose to live.
Ah, but you did. If Giffords is liable for this nut because she didn’t bring enough security with her then anyone who has had a death threat would be liable. Or is there something specific about Giffords you have in mind?
Had it not been for Gifford’s presence on that day, there would be no dead people or victims that day. I believe she actually needs to receive the death penalty for her crimes, but it may more likely be something like involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault on multiple counts.
Michelle, I am trying hard to make sense of your comment.
What “crime” did Giffords commit? You don’t address that here. Please explain her crime to me.
I too don’t see the link. I haven’t heard that the death threats Gifford received were from the guy who shot her so what in the world is the connection? She received (like many others) death threats from anonymous people who never followed through. Later some crazy person shot her – where’s the cause and effect?