Past medical director of Brain Injury Association on Gifford’s injury
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40982089/ns/health-health_care/
Apparently it did go through her brain.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013885784_giffordsshot09.html
But of course, as we have seen, reports can be wrong.