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Medstar. they gave me a second chance at life and through many, many surgeries, where my life was truly in the balance a few of those, they did a wonderful job at making sure that i was well taken care of and ultimately made it through that point so i could get to dr. golden and his team who actually put me back together again which was quite a task, to the point where i'm actually able to relearn how to walk again. so dr. sava and dr. golden, thank you for being here and thanks for your team's work. [ applause ] [ applause ] above all else, i want to thank my lovely wife jennifer.

Where's jack? stand up, jack. come on. med star's director of trauma surgery and dr. robert golden, the director of orthopedic trauma. doctor? congratulations. they were a lot more worried that night at the hospital, weren't they? great job. you have the gratitude of the entire nation. thank you for caring for the victims and for your dear friend, steve, and he is our dear friend. steve is a fighter. we've known that for a long time. this week, he was discharged from the hospital and is now beginning weeks of intensive rehabilitation at an inpatient

>> steve, i know you're watching. let me say we're inspired and relieved by your recovery. it's an answer to prayer. we're especially honored to be joined today by your remarkable and courageous wife, jennifer. [applause] jennifer, you will remain in our prayers until steve is back to work. jennifer wanted me to recognize two medical professionals that cared for congressman scalise from the very moment that he arrived at the hospital and the others that were wounded that day. dr. jack sava saved lives and we're honored by your presence today. [applause]

Wednesday. on friday, dr. jack sava the head of trauma at washington medstar hospital center gave reporters a the dealed detailed account of how serious the situation is. >> the round fragmented and did damage to bones, organs and blood vessels. i understand he was awake on scene but by the time he was transported by helicopter to the medstar trauma center he was in shock. >> reporter: the report on scalise's health came on the same day we learned more about the state of mind of the shooter, james hodgkinson. a law enforcement source and representative mo brooks confirmed to cnn that a list of...

Like this is called damage control surgery. what that means is that rather than trying to do everything in one operation on day one, we generally stage the operations. first operation is dedicated usually mainly to bleeding control. the other types of work you have to do are staged for later operations. >> [question inaudible] >> infection is a significant risk. >> dr. sava, you see congressman scalise returning to work in the future? >> i think that's a possibility. >> [question inaudible] >> hard to say. >> thank you very much. >> [question inaudible] >> i think that an excellent recovery is...