Critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is
making a remarkably strong recovery, her
doctors said today, but despite the good news a
photo of her husband holding her hand while
keeping an exhausted vigil by her side clearly
showed the agony of the ordeal for her family.
Giffords' doctors were upbeat today on her
chance of surviving the shot to her head on
Saturday.
"She has a 101 percent chance of surviving," said
trauma chief Dr. Peter Rhee said today. "She will
not die. She does not have that permission from
me."
While Giffords' breathing tube remained in place,
her neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Lemole said she is
breathing on her own for the first time since the
shooting.
Doctors added that Giffords is moving both
arms. Two days ago they were delighted that she
could raise two fingers and squeeze a hand.
The doctors corrected themselves on one aspect
of the wound. They now believe she was shot in
the forehead, with the bullet traveling the length
of the left side of the brain and exiting the back.
They originally believed she was shot in the back
of the head and bullet exited her forehead.
Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, has been
by her side since shortly after she was shot on
Saturday, allegedly by 22-year-old Jared
Loughner, on Saturday.
The picture of him tenderly holding his wife's
hand reinforces an image described by their
friends of a couple very much in love.
On Giffords' wedding ring, Kelly inscribed: "You're
the closest to heaven that I've ever been" --
words from a song by the Goo Goo Dolls that
clearly had special meaning for them.
"She met Mark, and Gabby was so happy. So
much in love," said Elaine Richardson, a
bridesmaid at Giffords and Kelly's wedding.
They first met in China as part of a U.S. trade
mission.
At the time, Giffords, was serving as an Arizona
state senator and dating someone else while Kelly
was married to another person.
A year later the duo reunited, once again in China.
But this time, fate had intervened.
Both were single, and they found themselves
taking long hikes together and bonded over the
difficulties of meshing high-powered jobs with
marriage and family.
"You can tell how much they love each other,
how hard they work to make that relationship
work, as they both have many, many
responsibilities," said Adam smith, a friend of the
couple. "They meet them, and still manage to
stay together as a very, very happy couple."
E-mails and letters followed. Giffords sent Kelly an
invitation to tour a state prison with her.
The couple married in 2007, at an organic
produce farm, in a low-key ceremony.
Source: Http://abcnews.go.com/US/love-story-congresswoman-gabrielle-giffords-astronaut-mark-kelly/story?id=12587203
making a remarkably strong recovery, her
doctors said today, but despite the good news a
photo of her husband holding her hand while
keeping an exhausted vigil by her side clearly
showed the agony of the ordeal for her family.
Giffords' doctors were upbeat today on her
chance of surviving the shot to her head on
Saturday.
"She has a 101 percent chance of surviving," said
trauma chief Dr. Peter Rhee said today. "She will
not die. She does not have that permission from
me."
While Giffords' breathing tube remained in place,
her neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Lemole said she is
breathing on her own for the first time since the
shooting.
Doctors added that Giffords is moving both
arms. Two days ago they were delighted that she
could raise two fingers and squeeze a hand.
The doctors corrected themselves on one aspect
of the wound. They now believe she was shot in
the forehead, with the bullet traveling the length
of the left side of the brain and exiting the back.
They originally believed she was shot in the back
of the head and bullet exited her forehead.
Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, has been
by her side since shortly after she was shot on
Saturday, allegedly by 22-year-old Jared
Loughner, on Saturday.
The picture of him tenderly holding his wife's
hand reinforces an image described by their
friends of a couple very much in love.
On Giffords' wedding ring, Kelly inscribed: "You're
the closest to heaven that I've ever been" --
words from a song by the Goo Goo Dolls that
clearly had special meaning for them.
"She met Mark, and Gabby was so happy. So
much in love," said Elaine Richardson, a
bridesmaid at Giffords and Kelly's wedding.
They first met in China as part of a U.S. trade
mission.
At the time, Giffords, was serving as an Arizona
state senator and dating someone else while Kelly
was married to another person.
A year later the duo reunited, once again in China.
But this time, fate had intervened.
Both were single, and they found themselves
taking long hikes together and bonded over the
difficulties of meshing high-powered jobs with
marriage and family.
"You can tell how much they love each other,
how hard they work to make that relationship
work, as they both have many, many
responsibilities," said Adam smith, a friend of the
couple. "They meet them, and still manage to
stay together as a very, very happy couple."
E-mails and letters followed. Giffords sent Kelly an
invitation to tour a state prison with her.
The couple married in 2007, at an organic
produce farm, in a low-key ceremony.
Source: Http://abcnews.go.com/US/love-story-congresswoman-gabrielle-giffords-astronaut-mark-kelly/story?id=12587203
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