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Opportunity to update you on the other patients. we have two more patients in good condition in the hospital and obviously still one seriously injured patient in the icu. we are very pleased about the outcome one week after this tragic event. and we really appreciate all of your support that not only you, but of course the community and people across the nation have given us. and i now let dr. lemole talk about the details of the procedure on saturday. it was a procedure what we call a minor procedure, it took about two hours and he will update you on the portion that he did and then dr. randy...

Reinstruments tating the first phase, restoring second-phase and rehabilitation theurz phase. dr. rhee and lemole dealt with the initial injuries. the second-phase with restoring and improving the patient's clinical condition. this was partially because dr. rhee and his team have got an excellent general surgery program here at university medical center. last saturday the teams performed on congresswoman giffords a tracheotomy, placement of a feeding tube and repair of a fracture in the right eye. dr. lemole will be available for comments as to the details of the procedure. dr. rhee is at a pr...

Houston, texas. so i'm extremely hopeful that gabby's going to make a full recovery. i've told her that. she recognizes it. she's a strong person, a fighter. you know, she's a fighter like nobody else that i know. so i am extremely confident that she's going to be back here and back at work soon. i've been telling the hospital staff that they should expect to see her walking through these halls and into the icu within a couple of months. i'm sure of that. so she'll be back. one of the reasons she's going to be back is because of the excellent care she's received here from dr. peter rhee and mi...

One week after being shot in the head she is upgraded from critical condition to serious condition and she is breathing on her own. i want to go first live to casey steigal. >> reporter: we are expecting a lot of information to come out of the press conference. this is the first briefing that we've had since friday. they were updating the conditions over the weekend. the doctors are taking the podium, let's listen in. >> i will be brief. over the course of last week dr. peter rhee and dr. michael lemole have been the faces all across our country for surgery and trauma. they had an entire team ...

And cooperate in that and make improvements on a daily basis, so we're very happy. dr. lemole? >> sure. so as dr. rhee said, the congresswoman continues to do very well neurologically. you've heard everything out there like, for example, she is beginning to stand with assistance. she's scrolling through an ipad. these are all fantastic advancements forward. they do indicate higher cognitive function. but i do want to caution everyone that she has a long road ahead of her. and rehabilitation, very important. we've started that process here. we hope to continue that process at the next facility ...