He communicates through a computer that can track a single muscle on his face, really the only thing he can move on his entire body. And Gabby knelt down in front of his wheelchair and asked him a simple question. She said to him: 'How are you, Dr. And it was five or 10 minutes before he was able to respond. On why Kelly thinks it was fortunate that the bullet entered the left side of her brain, not the right. Kim, said: 'You know, Mark' — and this is one of the first things he said to me.
He said — 'You know, some people think it's best if you're going to get shot in the head to get shot on the right side. And Gabby is the exact same person, and cognitively she's great. I mean, she comprehends everything. You know, she can make decisions. All that stuff is intact. When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot Saturday, the bullet likely entered the front of her skull, passed through the left side of her brain and exited the back.
Amazingly, she now has a " percent chance of survival" according to Dr. Peter Rhee, the director of medical trauma at her hospital. Rhee is also optimistic that she's not going to be in a vegetative state in the months and years to come. To get a better sense of the dynamics of a gunshot wound to the head and the recovery process, we've rounded up interviews and reports from medical experts across the web. Here's how Giffords's body reacted to the bullet and what her prospects are for returning to politics:.
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