Medical personnel confirms that Giffords speaks

Reports are emerging the Congresswoman Giffords speaks again. Giffords is capable of some simple talk, which is proof the extreme physical therapy she is going through is working. The pace of recovery is miraculous, given the wounds she suffered are usually fatal.

Improvement by AZ Congresswoman

Giffords is an Arizona Congresswoman who had a brain injury keeping her in a physical therapy facility in Houston, Texas where she was moved from the hospital in Tucson, AZ. Giffords got a brain injury in the Tucson shooting that Jared Lee Loughner carried out. Now, she is recovering quickly. On Jan. 8, she was rushed to a Tuscan hospital after being shot in the head, and nearly a month later, she has started speaking again, in accordance with CBS. Her physical rehabilitation regimen at TIRR Memorial Herman Hospital is intense. Giffords wasn't moved there by random. She was moved since the hospital is there specifically for victims of head and brain trauma to get physical therapy.

Talking and asking for food is Giffords

Part of recovery for Giffords includes talk therapy, which a spokesperson said is paying down. As Giffords is hooked up to a breathing tube, either it would have to be removed or a vent would have to be put in it so she could speak. This is why it is unknown currently how she is doing this speech. She has also regained an urge for food. Her Facebook page recently had a comment from her husband, Mark Kelly. He said, “Gabby’s appetite is back — even though it is hospital food.” As soon as April Kelly will be returning to go on the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Courthouse built and titled after killed judge

After the Tucson shooting that killed six and wounded 13, Congress has passed a bill to name a federal courthouse after one of the victims, Reuters reports. Chief Judge John M. Roll was killed in the shooting. A new courthouse will be named after him after being built in Yuma, Arizona. The building will be complete in a couple of years. It will open in 2013.

Articles cited

CBS News

cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/09/national/main20031226.shtml

Reuters

reuters.com/article/2011/02/09/us-shooting-judge-idUSTRE7187JH20110209