Rep. Giffords Now Speaking
ABC News reports:
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has recovered enough to ask for toast with her breakfast. The congresswoman, who was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store on Jan. 8, made the request to hospital workers who delivered her meal on Monday at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the Houston rehab center where she is receiving occupational therapy.
Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin says Giffords spoke for the first time a few days ago and that she continues to talk "more and more."
In a Facebook post yesterday, the one-month anniversary of the tragedy, Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, thanked everyone for their support and gave an update on Giffords' progress.
"It is hard to believe that only one month has passed since Gabrielle was shot. The doctors say she is recovering at lightning speed considering her injury but they aren't kidding when they say this is a marathon process," Kelly wrote. "There are encouraging signs everyday though. Gabby's appetite is back and – even though it's hospital food – she's enjoying three meals a day."
Meals in which Gibbords is now able to have a say. Giffords' words came just days after her husband announced his plan to go ahead and return to space in April.
"I ultimately made the decision that I would like to return and command STS-134," Kelly said at a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Friday. "I absolutely thought this was the right thing for me to do."
Kelly said the decision to leave his wife's side to fly the space shuttle Endeavour on its final mission is something Giffords would support.
"I know her very well and she would be very comfortable with the decision that I made," Kelly said.
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