Congresswoman still sedated after gunman's attack

Houston Chronicle ^ | January 9, 2011 | PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP

[Atlantan]

From what I’ve read the judge was shopping and came over to say hello. It was just a coincidence that he was there.

[shield]

The left had to attack the left to blame the right...so dems need to watch their backs...their own party will attack them.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“They certainly are piling on Arizona, Sarah Palin and talk radio.

In essence the Left has targeted Arizona, Sarah Palin and talk radio.

It would appear that the Obama election campaign has swung into high gear.”

Yeh, forget that the gunman was a nutty nut nutjob.

[buck61]

I wonder if Rep. Giffords has now been purposefully put into an induced coma to allow brain swelling (which could kill her) to abate. This is frequently done.

Wife had a stroke several yrs ago. The Dr’s induced coma because of swelling in brain, plus the fact they did surgery implanting a shunt. They also mounted her head into a steel brace to prevent her from moving.

A wound (stoke, or in this case bullet wound)presents blood around the brain and, though it’s a person own blood it acts as a poison to the brain in the person afflicted.

[jennings2004]

I am sure some of these were in the NYT and CNN spiels on this matter......and, if not, why am I surprised? Unbelievable...thanks for this..plus the voter intimidation in PA ignored by the DOJ and the assault on a black man in St Louis...now forgotten?

[BenKenobi]

Hmm, I personally suspect this is a Chapman.

Remember, the perp worked on her campaign.

[hinckley buzzard]

When I lived in Tucson 30 years ago the TPD were first rate but the county sheriff and his deppity dawgs were uniformly a-holes. It appears nothing has changed.

Dupnik is the same kind of dullwitted obtuse idiot that his predecessors were.

[hinckley buzzard]

The FBI has been castrated and buggered ever since Clinton. Forget about them doing anything useful.

[MinuteGal]

Well, I hit the nail on the head in my post (maybe a poor choice of words....). They have induced a coma to reduce the deadly effects of brain swelling from inflammation.

They also cut and removed one side of her skull and put it into refrigeration so that (simply put in layman's terms) the brain has room to expand on that side if it swells precipitiously in the next couple days.

Damn! Poor lady. This is just awful.

Leni

[hinckley buzzard]

It appears her wound was in the left side to front part of her brain, missing any vital regulatory functions. She will have some motor and probably speech deficits, and who knows what else. Yes the coma is most likely induced.