Arizona Congresswoman Shot in the Head at Public Event

[Growler]

What bugs me about it is the fact that this nutjob is getting lots and lots of attention, both socially and politically, and by his actions - the actions of one clearly batshi- insane person - the freedoms of everyone else are being called into question.

One bugf- person's actions are being legitimized by the political reactionism that's arisen since the vent. And the most irritating part about it is the fact that, by and large, American people are nodding right along like idiot bobbleheads.

[tater]

Docs repaired a fracture in her eye socket successfully.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/17...ir-eye-socket/

Best wishes for continued progress for her.

[Growler]

Originally Posted by tater

Docs repaired a fracture in her eye socket successfully.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/17...ir-eye-socket/

Best wishes for continued progress for her.

Read that earlier - I'm taking it as a good sign, that they're concerning themselves with "collateral" issues now (ie: issues not directly threatening her life).

Thoughts with her and her husband, for sure. I can't imagine watching my wife go through what Ms. Giffords is going through.

[Gerald]

The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said he believed for about 20 minutes that his wife was dead after viewing a mistaken television news report that said the congresswoman had been fatally shot at a public event in Tucson, Arizona.

Giffords is recovering in a Tucson hospital from a gunshot wound to the head. The Jan. 8 attack outside a supermarket killed six and wounded 13.Astronaut Mark Kelly told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an interview that aired Tuesday night that he learned that Giffords had been shot on Jan. 8 when he received a phone call from her chief of staff.

He said he rushed aboard a friend's plane to fly to Arizona, and while aboard the plane saw the TV report.

"I just, you know, walked into the bathroom, and you know, broke down," he said. "To hear that she died is just, it's devastating for me."

Kelly said he later learned that she was alive when he called Giffords' mother, who was outside the operating room at the Tucson hospital where the congresswoman was being treated.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/18...ning-shooting/


Note: Update record, Published January 19, 2011

TUCSON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was able to stand on her own two feet today, with assistance, and UMC Dr. Peter Rhee confirms that "aggressive rehab" has already begun for the congresswoman recovering from a traumatic brain injury.

Earlier today, Giffords also sat in a chair and looked out at the Catalina Mountains from her hospital room, Dr. Rhee says.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/giffords-st...wn-feet-today/

[Gerald]

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is to be moved on Friday to a rehabilitation centre, her family has said.

Ms Giffords, shot in the forehead in a mass shooting in Arizona last week, continues to recover in hospital.

Barring further medical complications, she will be moved to Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston, where her husband works for Nasa.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12233612

Note: Update record, 20 January 2011 Last updated at 01:45 GMT

[Gerald]

HOUSTON – The caravan carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords swept past cheering crowds Friday as she left a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, where she dazzled doctors with her recovery from being shot in the head two weeks ago, and was moved to Houston for rehabilitation.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/21...cility-friday/


Note: Update record, Published January 21, 2011