Posted on 01/15/2011 2:37:19 PM PST by NoLibZone
Surgeons at Tucson's University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center.
Removing her from the ventilator, which means she is now breathing on her own, allows the medical team to assess her ability to speak and is another step toward stabilizing her condition so that she can leave the intensive care unit and be moved to a regular hospital room.
The tracheotomy tube in her throat provides a passageway for free movement of air and, if she begins to have trouble breathing, allows a simple way for doctors to insert a tube into her lungs to assist her breathing.
The team did not say anything about whether she was able to speak.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
To imply that Democrats as a whole wish her dead or horribly incapacitated is simply feeding fuel into the fire of condemnation that some libs are trying to inject onto us.
It was removed because it was against the rules, and FR as a whole is better than that. Too bad you were not.
Good, Blessings on her and all the victims of the lunatic.
Except for the one that got arrested this afternoon for threatening a Republican Congressman. He don't need/deserve no blessin'....
So YOU don’t feel that democrats are worried about her health.
I don’t think it’s a slur against her that a lot of Democrat politicians and media twisters have persistently made use of her for political purposes.
It’s not her fault that they are doing so. From what I have read about her, it’s not something she would do herself. But others did, and continue to do so.
No harm in removing the addition to the title, which could be misunderstood. But it is regretably true that she has been treated by her own fellow Democrats as an opportunity to make political hay. They pretend sympathy, but USE her as a political object.
One other patient injured in last Saturday’s shooting, James Tucker, 58, was released from the hospital .
:)
Continued prayers for Ms. Giffords.
The comments that have been posted are not abut the Dems, but about you.
Rule #7: Never make yourself the story.
We can never alter facts, but we can alter our reactions to them when those reactions are stupid.
(Not talking about you here, but the original post.)
Be well.
If Gabby returns to full health, are trachs reversible? Thanks.
yes they are.
Thanks for the answer, Scotswife. Continuing to pray for the lady’s recovery.
Point blank shot in the head, bullet passes through with a chance of recovery . . . my thinking is that God is not yet finished with this lady, and she may yet make a profound difference in this world.
One would think that her liberal views might be shattered as a result of this tragic act of a madman.
It certainly is remarkable.
Who knows why some are taken and some left behind.
God has a plan with all of us, and it’s up to Him when we join Him.
Continuing to pray for her recovery.
I wish we could all think this way.
Political affiliation aside - someone was injured due to madness. That someone could have been any one of us,
Yes.
My concern is that she can talk.
I hope the only reason she hasn’t been able to is due to tubes.
“Don’t let Barry in there to see her unsupervised.”
Ooh, that’s cold...but funny.
Hang on there, lady. So far so good.
If you have ever had a loved one on a ventilator, being able to breathe without it, either with a trach on not, is a very positive step towards recovery. A ventilator is a lifesaving device, but very uncomfortable, and indicative of the person's extremely weak condition.
“”Democrats worried” is correct. They were hoping she died becoming a martyr and the shooter could be conclusively proven to be a Tea Partier. That would have been the Democrats’ wet dream fulfilled. “
Yea - EXACTLY. If I were a Dem, I would be scared to death (sorry...but I will still use expressions that have been in the English language for the past 1500 years) that she might recover and be the biggest thorn in her side that they’ve ever had to deal with.
I have no doubt that the Dems were wishing she would simply check-out and not be a wildcard, as she recovers.
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