Representative, Gabrielle Giffords Recovery | featured news

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrived in North Carolina on Sunday to undergo "intensive" rehabilitation as she continues her recovery from being shot in the head in a mass shooting in January, her office said.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from a devastating Jan. 8 gunshot wound, made her first public appearance Monday in support of her husband, the astronaut Mark Kelly, ABC News reports.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was discharged on Wednesday from the Houston hospital where she has been recovering since she was shot in the head at a meeting with constituents in January, the hospital said.

The first photos of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in January were released on Sunday on her Facebook page. The photos of the Arizona Democrat were taken by a professional photographer the day before her cranioplasty surgery in May.

Gabrielle Giffords is nowhere close to returning to Congress. And there remains real doubt whether she ever will. That appears to be the bottom line of an article Thursday in the Arizona Republic that provides the most complete assessment yet of the wounded congresswoman’s current condition. Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson in January. Now, six months later, she still struggles mightily to communicate, although her staff believes her comprehension skills are strong. And it remains unclear just how much damage her brain has suffered.

Doctors repaired Gabrielle Giffords' skull on Wednesday, the latest milestone in her recovery from an assassination attempt and a procedure that experts say will improve her quality of life.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head, is able to speak, her spokesman says. She asked for a piece of toast, said C.J. Karamargin.

Doctors for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have upgraded her condition from serious to good, and said she may be transferred to a nearby rehabilitation hospital Wednesday morning.

The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says his wife's condition has improved so much that she has been able to smile and give him a neck rub as he has kept a near-constant vigil at her hospital bedside....

A friend of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, critically injured in the Tucson shootings, says she's 'making progress every day.' Funerals for those killed in the rampage continue today.U.S. Rep.