Giffords begins a new phase in recovery
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January 23, 2011, Sunday
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GABRIELLE Giffords is under intensive care at Texas Medical Center after a flawless trip from Arizona, where throngs of well-wishers gave her a farewell that brought a tearful smile from the US congresswoman.
Her new team of doctors planned to start her therapy for a bullet wound to the brain immediately. She will be sent to the center's rehabilitation hospital, TIRR Memorial Hermann, after several days of evaluation.
Giffords has "great rehabilitation potential," Dr Gerardo Francisco, chief medical officer at Memorial Hermann, said on Friday. "She will keep us busy, and we will keep her busy as well."
The first thing is to determine the extent of her injuries and the impact on her abilities to move and communicate. She hasn't spoken yet, and it's unknown whether she will suffer permanent disabilities.
Earlier in the day, the caravan carrying the congresswoman swept past cheering crowds as she left the hospital in Tucson, Arizona, where she dazzled doctors with her recovery from being shot in the head two weeks ago.
Children sat on their parents' shoulders as the motorcade passed. Many waved. Others carried signs wishing "Gabby" well.
"She responded very well to that - smiling and even tearing a little bit," said Dr Randall Friese, a surgeon at the University Medical Center trauma center in Tucson who traveled with Giffords. "It was very emotional."
A gunman shot Giffords and 18 other people on January 8 as she met with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. Six people died. The suspect in the attack, Jared Loughner, 22, is being held in federal custody.
Since she was hospitalized, Giffords has made progress nearly every day, with cautious surgeons calling her improvement remarkable.
Her new team of doctors planned to start her therapy for a bullet wound to the brain immediately. She will be sent to the center's rehabilitation hospital, TIRR Memorial Hermann, after several days of evaluation.
Giffords has "great rehabilitation potential," Dr Gerardo Francisco, chief medical officer at Memorial Hermann, said on Friday. "She will keep us busy, and we will keep her busy as well."
The first thing is to determine the extent of her injuries and the impact on her abilities to move and communicate. She hasn't spoken yet, and it's unknown whether she will suffer permanent disabilities.
Earlier in the day, the caravan carrying the congresswoman swept past cheering crowds as she left the hospital in Tucson, Arizona, where she dazzled doctors with her recovery from being shot in the head two weeks ago.
Children sat on their parents' shoulders as the motorcade passed. Many waved. Others carried signs wishing "Gabby" well.
"She responded very well to that - smiling and even tearing a little bit," said Dr Randall Friese, a surgeon at the University Medical Center trauma center in Tucson who traveled with Giffords. "It was very emotional."
A gunman shot Giffords and 18 other people on January 8 as she met with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. Six people died. The suspect in the attack, Jared Loughner, 22, is being held in federal custody.
Since she was hospitalized, Giffords has made progress nearly every day, with cautious surgeons calling her improvement remarkable.
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