bone off, again, while minimizing damage to the brain underneath and take that bone off as quickly as possible. now, with the brain, unlike other organs in the body, it really has no place to swell if it gets injured. the only place is really down here what s called a herniation and that s what can be za zafting devastating neurologi l neurologically, can even lead to death. this bone gets stored, gets saved, put in the refrigerator to be put back in at a later time. congresswoman giffords will have the skin closed at that time of her operation and because she ll have a little concavity because of the lack of the bone, may be wearing a helmet until the bone is put back in place. even with this bone gone someone can fly, move around, the risk of infection is minimal and once you get the bone back in, cosmetically she should look pretty close to what she looked before. we ll keep you posted with the latest word on her condition. we re going to have much more of her remarkable story, thos
really has no place to swell if it gets injured. the only place is really down here what s called a herniation and that s what can be devastating nurically, can even lead to death. this bone gets stored, gets saved, put in the refrigerator to be put back in at a later time. congresswoman giffords will have the skin closed at that time of her operation and because she ll have a little concavity because of the lack of the bone, may be wearing a helmet until the bone is put back in place. even with this bone gone someone can fly, move around, the risk of infection is minimal and once you get the bone back in, cosmetically she should look close to what she looked before. we ll keep you posted with the latest word on her condition. we re going to have much more of her remarkable story, those critical decisions, the moments of good luck, you can see it all on my special saving gabby giffords that s sunday, may 8th, 7:00 p.m. eastern. now on to alzheimer s disease. in medicine we re see