Docs: Giffords making 'tremendous amount of progress'

[Ptah]

Source: Arizona Daily Star {Tucson}


U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords is speaking in full sentences and is making a tremendous
amount of progress in her recovery from a brain injury, her doctors in Houston said today.

Doctors said that in about a month since Giffords arrived at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the
rehabilitation center where she is being treated, she has gone from mouthing words to
speaking sentences. She also is walking with assistance and is interacting with visitors.

Dr. Gerard Francisco, the head of the team of doctors overseeing Giffords' rehabilitation,
says Giffords is gaining more movement and that the amount of assistance she needs is declining.
"We can engage her for a long period of time during therapies, or between therapies," Francisco said.

Giffords was shot in the head Jan. 8 during a political event on Tucson's northwest side.
Six people were killed and 13 were wounded in the shooting spree.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_f3e579c0-4bfa-11e0-aef8-001cc4c002e0.html

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[joeybee12]

1. Kicking for good news...nt

[Plucketeer]

2. A spark of great news

in an otherwords ugly period of time. :)

[Auntie Bush]

3. Thanks goodness! Glad to hear it.

[wtmusic]

4. Go Gabby.

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[jonthebru]

5. This is the kind of report I have been waiting for.

Speaking sentences. Interacting, really great stuff. This makes my day!

[gademocrat7]

6. Great news!

K&R

[Hugin]

7. K&R

:kick:

[onehandle]

8. Good. A nut with a gun will not keep this Democratic Congresswoman down. nt

[nyy1998]

9. Great news on a lousy news day nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. She WILL be back to work soon

and this is really being hated by Republicans, who will make anything political