Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Whole World Smiles With Her

As doctors consider when to release her from the hospital, Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's office has released new photos of the Congresswoman smiling and in excellent  health, considering all she's been through.

This, most recent photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot, was posted to her Facebook page. | AP Photo


Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound to the head.

The Facebook photos, the first clear snapshots of Giffords since the shooting five months ago, showed how far she has come since a gunman shot her in the left side of her forehead during a constituent meet-and-greet in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson.

But her spokeswoman, Pia Carusone, has cautioned that Giffords still has a long way to go in her recovery.

The photos show the congresswoman outside. She smiled directly into the camera in one, while she sat next to a woman in the other while smiling downward.

Giffords has been in a Houston rehab facility since two weeks after the Jan. 8 shooting. Six people were killed and 13 were injured, including Giffords.

Carusone said Friday that Giffords could be released sometime this month.

It's spectacular to see her making it this far, and more power to her.  This is certainly heartening news.

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