Gabrielle Giffords' Touching Video

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is doing "rigorous" speech therapy every day and her recovery is progressing — thanks at least a little bit in part to her favorite gadget: the iPad.

A few weeks before the congresswoman was shot in a Tucson, Ariz., rampage, she told The Daily that she bonded with her husband, Mark Kelly, over their new iPad. Giffords and her husband enjoyed sitting in bed with their tablet computer, she told The Daily in an in-camera interview conducted in the rotunda of the Capitol.

During her recovery, Giffords has been using her iPad to look at pictures — which her neurologist, Dr. Michael Lemole, told reporters two weeks ago was a "fantastic" advance as it showed "higher cognitive function."

The Arizona lawmaker, who was shot in the head on Jan. 8, was transferred last week from intensive care to the TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, where neurosurgeon Dr. Dong Kim said she is recovering at "lightning speed."

Giffords has been able to sit up and stand with the assistance of hospital staff. She even gave her husband a neck rub from her hospital bed.

Yesterday, Kelly tweeted: "Today was a huge day for GG. Lots of progress!"

In an earlier statement, he thanked his wife's supporters for their "continued prayers and good wishes."

"The doctors, nurses and support staff at TIRR are among the best in the world. They have emphasized to us that this next phase is more of a marathon than a sprint."

Dr. Kim said Giffords' "speech function, along with everything else, is improving."

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[sleedolfine15]

@Trackstar2211 Baaaaaa...

[Trackstar2211]

@sleedolfine15 I have given you my opinion. If you wish to be a sheep then happy grazing,

[sleedolfine15]

@Trackstar2211 I never said that Kim and Newt are assholes,but obviously a sense of humor is not needed if you're crazy.The X-Files has been off the air for many years,but in any event the stories on that show weren't real(Sorry no smoking dude is out there . orchestrating the world). You're probably right though..Gabby does not exist. She's really just a sock puppet. We're all sock puppets--sock puppets for the CIA. Bye now I've got to sing a duet with Elvis.

[Trackstar2211]

@sleedolfine15 Well you are right about Kardashian and Gingrich...they are both a couple of assholes. But this is not important, nor is your comment, cos whatever you believe is the truth (for you that is). And you would rather dismiss anything that does not fit into your "world view" than ever consider an alternative option. It is obvious that there is more to 9/11 and the JFK murder than we have been told. The fakery and "tin foil" version is by the government not me.

[sleedolfine15]

@Trackstar2211 LOL! I see that you are a member of the tin foil hat club,the type that sees plots and conspiracies every where he goes. The moon landing was really staged on a Hollywood sound set,JFK is still alive and married to Marilyn Monroe,the Israelis brought down the world trade center,Barack Obama is an alien,not from Kenya,but from Mars,Kim Kardashian and Newt Gingrich are really the same person(I mean have you ever seen them together--hmm,have you? Ah ha! No one has.).

[JackKangaroo1]

There is something especially disturbing about the murder or attempted murder of elected officials. Regardless of their political positions on issues, an elected official represents the majority of those who voted for her / him. So for an individual to try to kill them is to also have the audacity to try to overturn a popular election according to their own personal will. Trying to murder someone is vile enough. Trying to murder someone who is a voice of those she represents is even worse.

[thegabriella2323]

omg poor her

[Trackstar2211]

@bsh1707 You still dont get it. How can you sympathize with a fraud. Also, the fact that you align yourself with any party is the same as saying "Yes I comply with the system". Anyway it is a waste of time to discuss as it probably is too late to save your country. Problem is when the US goes down the toilet so will many other countries if not all. While you pontificate and bluster Rome is burning.

[bsh1707]

@Trackstar2211 Angry? - I believe you are the angry one. BUT-The whole exercise is on your comments which were out of place for this video. Either sympathize, feel empathy and respect - or write nothing. Again you judge. I never watch Fox News other than to be informed and laugh. CNN now leans to the right also.I watch MSNBC almost every night- I am very liberal and have been a Democrat my whole life - but have voted for republicans if they were the better canidate.That may never happen again.

[Trackstar2211]

@SHELBYCHERMAK Yes a lying fucking scum bag who never existed. All fake.