Politics and religion.

[Grace]

Another medical update from The University of Arizona.

As the Neurosurgeon said - no change is good; and there has been no change in her condition.

Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma Chief, is fantastic. I would love to have worked for someone like him.

Two patients have been discharged; two in ICU; six now on floor care. Several will have more surgery later this week.

[RICHARD]

Just a small observation about the AHs who are quick to twitter, blog or go on TV to blame everyone except themselves.


I was channel surfing and saw Bill Maher talking about why a Glock pistol is sold and what it's used for.

He stated that is not "for hunting, it's for hunting people..."

This coming from an idiot who has an armed body guard with him when he goes out in public.

You have to love morons........They seem to have an inflated sense of worth.

[Grace]

Good news -

Doctors at University Medical Center in Tucson said six patients remain at the hospital, two having been discharged since Monday. Besides Giffords, who remains in intensive care, three patients are in serious condition and two are in fair condition, said Peter Rhee, director of the hospital's emergency care unit.

"Everything is currently going well with all of those patients, and they're progressing as expected," Rhee said.

"I'm happy to say she's holding her own," neurosurgeon G. Michael Lemole Jr. said of Giffords. He said she continues to follow simple commands and is able to breathe on her own without a breathing tube, although doctors prefer to keep the tube in to protect her airway and prevent infection. Lemole also said that her sedation has been reduced.

"I'm very encouraged by the fact she's done so well," Lemole said. Given the traumatic nature of her injury - a 9mm bullet through the left side of her brain - "she has no right to look this good, and she does."

source - good article with info about other patients and victims.

[RICHARD]

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/red-ey...-rush-judgment

LOL, Jane Fonda.

Who rattled her cage?

And piers morgan?

ANother holier than thou guy that lives here in the United States and every time something happens, he looks down his nose at us stupid colonials. Go back home. Leave us alone.

We have made it thru 230 odd years of babysitting ourselves and all of sudden we can't figure out who and what we are?

moron....

So you let Camilia get poked with a stick and that is more civil than having a politico shot in the head?

Child?

Please.

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Theknukleheads on BOTH SIDES are quick to paint the other side as a stupid, radical hate mongers w/disdain in their hearts and an agenda.

The more I listen to the media, the more I question the need for instant info and getting a scoop for us morons sitting in front of the tube.

Nasty business it is.


And god help the people who want unblemished truth and info.


I'll wait for the hour long special on 20/20 or TRU TV.

[Grace]

She opened her eyes!!

When Giffords opened her eyes the first time, her husband and the doctor in the room reacted with shock. Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, asked Giffords if she could give a thumbs up. She didn't at first. But after a few minutes, she was able to reach toward him. "Her whole arm went up in the air," Wasserman Schultz said. "She started touching his wedding ring." By the time Giffords opened her eyes for a fifth time, she was able to keep them open for more than 30 seconds, Wasserman Schultz said. The group was in the room 10 to 15 minutes.

link

I read that she also reached up and scratched her nose. Now, that might not mean much to most of you, but to medical personnel this is fantastic coming from a patient with a GSW to the head. It is purposeful movement.

I think the next really big test will be - can she talk.

[cassiesmom]

I heard on the news that she was responding to two part commands last night: "If you can hear me, give me a thumbs up." Which really has several parts- I have to hear you, figure out what you asked me to do, and then make the appropriate response to what you asked. And they're starting to wean her from the sedation, which is good.

Where did the bullet enter her brain? I've heard that it went in over her left eye, but I've also heard it went in by her left ear and exited over her left eye (i.e., the shooter was behind her). Has the shooter given any indication why he did it?

There were some pictures of the Green family at the little girl's funeral on the news last night too. How very sad. She barely got a chance to live her life.

[cassiesmom]

Gov. Quinn signed an increase in the state income tax (up to 5% individuals and 7% corporations) yesterday.

Today on the noon news ex-Gov. Blagojevich was quoted as saying he thinks the legislators were cowards for waiting until after the Nov. election to implement a tax increase, and if he were still governor he would review the state budget and make program cuts before raising taxes. ... Dude! You and your hyperinflated state budget are the reason Illinois got into this financial disaster in the first place!! Blago is s uch a poseur.

[Grace]

I heard on the news that she was responding to two part commands last night: "If you can hear me, give me a thumbs up." Which really has several parts- I have to hear you, figure out what you asked me to do, and then make the appropriate response to what you asked. And they're starting to wean her from the sedation, which is good.

Where did the bullet enter her brain? I've heard that it went in over her left eye, but I've also heard it went in by her left ear and exited over her left eye (i.e., the shooter was behind her). Has the shooter given any indication why he did it?

There were some pictures of the Green family at the little girl's funeral on the news last night too. How very sad. She barely got a chance to live her life.

The bullet went in over the left eye, and came out above the left ear. So her speech and right side movement might be affected, Initially it was said the bullet went from back to front - they have since changed that.

According to an article I read today, she is not moving her right hand nearly as well as the left one. Until she is extubated no one will know about her speech. The fact that she can follow commands, and initiate spontaneous movement - scratching her nose - is all very good news. She can understand what people are saying, and can process the words.

Senator Gillibrand spoke with Brian Williams yesterday.

"Mark was telling us just a couple days ago how he was telling the doctors, she will be walking in a few weeks, you'll see."

[Karen]

Has the shooter given any indication why he did it?

The shooter is mentally ill, and it is likely even if he gives a "reason" it will not make sense to anyone but himself anyway. His YouTube posts are full of nonsensical statements and self-contradicting ones, so I doubt we will ever get a "reason why" that makes sense to anyone but himself.