You know it’s a really serious injury when...
“...doctors don’t expect to reattach Giffords’ skull until May...”
“...doctors don’t expect to reattach Giffords’ skull until May...”
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I thought the same thing... I read this somewhere else too, indicating she's got a long way to go...
Friends and family have described Giffords as making steady progress, showing emotion on various occasions, singing "American Pie" with her stepdaughters as part of music therapy and pushing a shopping cart down the hospital corridors as she regains her walking abilities.
Rabbi David Lyon, senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, visits Giffords three times a week and says her speech has improved. "There are words that are becoming clearer and opportunities to communicate are increasing," Lyon told The Associated Press.
Giffords was shot in the left hemisphere of her brain, which controls communication. There had been concerns that she could have problems with speech, and it remains unclear what, if any, impediments remain and what could be permanent.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42018003/ns/technology_and_science-space/
“...doctors don’t expect to reattach Giffords’ skull until May...”
Don’t know enough about her treatment, but I can’t help but wonder if she benefited by what was learned by the medical community during OIF/OEF.
One of the positive benefits of wars is that there are huge advances trauma care. Over the last few years a lot of renowned trauma surgeons made the trip to Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical center thinking they were going to show Army/Air Force and Navy docs a thing or two. When the “experts” left Landstuhl they were in awe of the care our Heroes received and almost all of them admitted that the military docs had taught them new techniques/procedures.
Luckily for all of us these military Docs leave the service they take their new skills with them to Hometown, America.
(Sidebar: I am not bashing the experts. It should be noted that these experts contributed greatly to the care of our wounded warriors. These patriots flew over to LRMC on their own dime volunteering their time to help.)