and speak and then be able to work with a physical therapist to get her right arm and leg working. her trauma doctor and nurse are with her. as mentioned, her husband and her mom and chief of staff. but how stressful is it for her to fly this 2 hour 15 minute flight? obviously, it s needed, but for example, what are doctors doing to comfort her? it s tough enough to fly on any given day, let alone in her condition. well, i m sure it s a little stressful for her, and it s unclear exactly how much she can understand exactly what is happening. i m sure it s a little stressful. i m sure the doctors are also taking the appropriate precautions. sometimes a little bit of sedative medicines are used when patients are transported. but she s from i can see from the report, she looks like she s reasonably healthy and stable in terms of her breathing and her heartbeat and blood pressure rb, so i wouldn t foresee any problems with the flight. doctor, thank you so much for
that she until she makes a full recovery, yeah, i ve got certainly have a lot of concerns. do you know who will be leading the team in houston in terms of her doctors there? the trauma doctor, dr. john holcum. and the neurosurgeon, dr. dr. brian hoe. can you talk more about what you mean that you know that she knows you re there, and you know that she knows what s going on? she is beginning to show she ll smile at me, she ll do a couple of things that she ll only do around me, like pat me on the face. she used to do that before, just just very gently. i can just look in her eyes and tell. i mean, she s well aware of who s around her. just, you know, very aware of the situation. can you tell us exactly what you experienced when
the time that she, you know, physical she makes a full recovery. yeah, i ve got certainly have a lot of concerns. yes? do you know yet who will be leading the team in houston in terms of her doctors there? the trauma doctor, dr. john holcombe, and the neurosurgeon, dr. brian hoe. can you talk a little bit more about what you mean, that you know that she knows that you re there, and you know she knows what s going on. she ll smile at me. she ll do some a couple things that she ll only do around me, like president me in the face. she used to do that before. you know, just very gently. i can can just look in her eyes and tell. she s well aware of who s around her. just, you know, just very aware of the situation. can you tell us exactly the
from the time i got the first call until the time that she until she makes a full recovery, yeah, i have certainly got a lot of concerns. do you know yet who will be leading the team in houston in terms of the doctors there? the trauma doctor, dr. john holco holcomb, and the neurosurgeon is dr. brian ho. can you talk a little bit more about what you mean that you she knows you are there and you know that she knows what is going on well, snee shg, she will sm and do a couple of things that she only does around me, like pat me on the face. she used to do that before, and very, very gently, and i can look in her eyes and tell. she is well aware of who is around her. just, you know, very aware of the situation. can you tell us exactly the
is a specific day we have to do it by. your colleague dr. lemole who is the neuro surgeon agreed that this is almost a miracle what is happening with congresswoman giffords. do you want to weigh in on that? no. all right. you don t have to if you don t want to. three months from now realistically based on your experience you re a neuro surgeon, what do you expect we ll see as far as congresswoman giffords is concerned? i m not sure if you just referred to me as a neuro surgeon. i m a trauma surgeon. i apologize. you are a trauma doctor, yes. yes. so three months from now i am managing now her it s hard to say what is going to happen in three months. i would say she is going to continue to get better compared to today. there might be time periods when she takes a few steps backwards but what exactly she can do in three months is very difficult to outline. she ll go through physical therapy. finally, the other survivors,