Images from Giffords's Hospital Room

Giffords hospital photos released
The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) released the first images Tuesday night of the congresswoman’s room at University Medical Center in Tucson. One photo shows Giffords's Astronaut husband, Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, holding his wife’s hand. The pictures were taken Sunday. ...

Gabrielle Giffords' First Hospital Photos Released
Office of Gabrielle Giffords ​Last night Gabrielle Giffords' office released photos of the wounded Arizona Congresswoman in her Hospital room at the University Medical Center. The photos were reportedly taken on Sunday, January 9. In each, she holds the hand of her husband, Astronaut Mark Kelly. Neither photo shows Giffords' face, due to the severity of her head injuries. As we learned yesterday, she's able to breathe on her own, and doctors believe she has a 101 percent chance of surviv...

Gabrielle Giffords first photos from her hospital room
Due to the overwhelming sympathetic response from the public following the near-fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson Saturday, her office tonight released two photos from her Hospital room in the University Medical Center. Due to the severity of her head injuries, neither picture shows the face of the congresswoman, who is breathing on her own now. Doctors issued a promising prognosis for her recovery on Tuesday.  The first new photo shows her left hand being held by her h...

Pelosi was in room when Giffords opened her eyes
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all close friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were in the Hospital room with the Arizona Democrat when she opened her eyes for the first time since she was shot in the head Saturday during a rampage that killed six in Tucson, Ariz. In a Speech at a University of Arizona service for the Victims of the shootings, President Barack Obama broke the news that Giffords, who has been in critical condition si...

POLITICO: Pelosi Was in the Room When Giffords Opened Her Eyes
It's a borderline violation of the Hippocratic oath, but I'll let the doctors slide on this one. Wax replica of Pelosi greeting Giffords. CORRECTION: That's a photograph. Seriously, though - this is incredibly good news. TUCSON, Ariz. — Simple sentiments, spoken by family and some of her closest friends in Congress, inspired the beautiful “miracle” of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ open eyes Wednesday evening. Surrounded in her Hospital room by her husband, her parents, former ...

Fired!
Read below and post your view! TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Three employees at University Medical Center have been fired for violating patient Privacy in connection with accessing confidential medical records in last weekend's shooting rampage in Tucson. The Arizona Daily Star says a contracted nurse also was fired by the nurse's employer and the families of the affected patients were notified. All of the remaining injured patients in Saturday's shootings are at UMC, including Arizona congresswoman Ga...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Opens Her Eyes As Pelosi, Gillibrand and Wasserman Schultz Joyously Watch
Rep. Gabby Giffords, who took a bullet to the brain in Saturday's Tucson rampage, opened her eyes for the first time Wednesday night at the urging of her husband, Astronaut Mark Kelly, as three close Democratic friends from the House -- Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kirsten Gillibrand -- looked on in joyous disbelief. "Gabby, open your eyes, open your eyes," Gillibrand quoted Kelly in a phone call to CNN. She seemed to struggle momentarily but then managed t...

Nancy Pelosi was in room when Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes
Source: Politico Nancy Pelosi was in room when Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all close friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were in the Hospital room with the Arizona Democrat when she opened her eyes for the first time since she was shot in the head Saturday during a rampage that killed six in Tucson, Ariz. In a Speech at a University of Arizona service for the Victims of the shootings, President ...

Gabrielle Giffords' Difficult Path Back From a Brain Injury
Five years after Lee Woodruff’s ABC News anchor husband, Bob, was hit by a bomb in Iraq, he has experienced a miraculous outcome, and the pair now devote themselves to talking with families about brain injury and recovery. She offers some words of advice to Giffords’ family—and to the media....

Giffords' Friends in Room When She Opened Eyes
Like this Story? Share it: President Barack Obama's entourage, including congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), follows him and First Lady Michelle Obama to the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 12, 2011. Pelosi was apparently with Rep. Giffords when she opened her eyes for the first time Wednesday. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) (CBS) President Obama announced in an unscripted moment during his Speech Wednesday at the "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" memorial, that Rep. ...

Obama Says Polarized Americans Should Be Talking With Each Other in a Way That Heals
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other “in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: “She knows we’re here, and she knows we love her.&...

'Gabby Opened Her Eyes'
President Obama says that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot through the head on Saturday. In his remarks at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., for the Victims of last Saturday's shooting rampage, Obama hit an emotional high point when he told of Giffords' opening her eyes for the first time not long after his visit to her bedside. "Gabby opened her eyes, so I can tell you: She knows we are here, she knows we love her, and she knows that we are root...

Now is the Time at SDA When We Juxtapose
January 9th, 2011: Giffords can open her eyes, but because she is on a ventilator she can’t speak, said Rhee. January 12, 2011: President Barack Obama says that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot through the head on Saturday. The president says it happened a few minutes after he left her Hospital room Wednesday evening. ...

Photos: Rep. Giffords' Husband By Her Side, Holding Her Hand
What is this? These pictures tell the story quite well by themselves. They're from the Tucson Hospital room where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is being treated for the severe head injuries she received during Saturday's shooting rampage, which left 6 people were killed and 14 people (including Giffords) wounded (13 from gunshots). Astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, is with his wife. The photos were taken Sunday and released by Giffords' staff late Tuesday: Enlarge Office of Rep. Gabriell...

Gabrielle Giffords Makes Progress (Photos)
The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday night released new photographs of the congresswoman, who remains in critical condition after Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz. The photos were taken Sunday in the congresswoman's room at University Medical Center. They show her husband Mark Kelly holding her hand. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband Mark Kelly holds her hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. (Credit: Office...

Photos Show Husband Of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords By Her Side At Hospital
The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Tuesday night released two photos taken inside the Hospital room where the Arizona Democrat is recovering after she was shot in the head on Saturday. U.S. Navy Captain Mark Kelly, Giffords's husband, is seen by her side and holding her hand in the two photographs, which her office said were taken in University Medical Center on Sunday, Jan. 9. "Thank you for your outpouring of support for all of the Victims of this senseless tragedy," the office wrote i...

Office of Gabrielle Giffords Release First Photos From Her Hospital Room
Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's office released the first photos from her Hospital room at the University of Arizona Medical Center. The pictures show her husband, Mark Kelly, holding her hand. ...

Congresswoman Giffords' office releases first photos from hospital room
Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's office released the first photos from her Hospital room a the University of Arizona Medical Center.  Both pictures do not show Congresswoman Gifford's face for good reason.  Instead, the pictures show her husband, Mark Kelly, holding her hand as she fights to recover.  The photos can be seen in the slideshow to the left.  I have included other pictures from the story after the Hospital photos. Doctors continue to be very optimistic about Giff...

Obama: Giffords opens her eyes
TUCSON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., has opened her eyes for the first time since she was critically wounded in Tucson, President Barack Obama said Wednesday. Addressing a memorial service for six people killed in the shooting Saturday, Obama said he had visited Giffords in the Hospital -- where she was still listed in critical condition -- and told the audience, "Gabby opened her eyes for the first time." GALLERY: The aftermath of the Rep. Giffords shooting Earlier i...

Obama Lifts Spirits in Spite of Tragedy
TUCSON, Ariz. - It was an emotional memorial, and an uplifting rally at University of Arizona, as Arizona and the nation unite to remember the Victims of the shooting in Tucson. A moving tribute was given to those who died, those who survived, and the heroes of Saturday's attack --an attack that has touched the entire country. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended the service Wednesday night at McKale Center. Members of his cabinet, including Homeland Security secretary and form...

President Obama visits Giffords, others at Arizona hospital
Source: Associated Press President Barack Obama flew to Arizona Wednesday and headed straight to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' bedside to pay his respects to the wounded lawmaker as he sought to unify a mourning nation. Obama and his wife, Michelle, were visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other Victims of the weekend shootings that killed six people and wounded 13. He was then meeting with family members of those killed before speaking at a nighttime memorial service in...

Photos: Rep. Giffords' Husband By Her Side, Holding Her Hand
What is this? These pictures tell the story quite well by themselves. They're from the Tucson Hospital room where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is being treated for the severe head injuries she received during Saturday's shooting rampage, which left 6 people were killed and 14 people (including Giffords) wounded. Astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, is with his wife. The photos were taken Sunday and released by Giffords' staff late Tuesday: Enlarge Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords/AP Mark...

Photos Of Gabrielle Giffords And Husband, Astronaut Mark Kelly
It’s been four days since Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords suffered a bullet to the head during a shooting outside a Tucson, Arizona Safeway while meeting with her constituents, and she continues to make progress in her recovery. Now, the first photos of the Congresswoman since the weekend’s tragic shooting are out, showing her in her Hospital room, husband Astronaut Mark Kelly at her side. The photos show Giffords’ hand, wrapped in gauze, as it is being held by Kelly while he...

Political Photo of the Day
Astronaut Mark Kelly holds the hand of his stricken wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in her Tucson Hospital room (photo released by Giffords' office): God bless them both. ...

President Obama to Speak at Memorial Service for Arizona Victims at 5:00pm Pacific
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are in Tucson to speak at a public memorial service honoring the Victims of the Arizona shooting rampage on Saturday at 5:00pm Pacific time. Jared Loughner is accused of shooting 20 people, six of whom died. President Obama visited several other victims,  including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot point blank in the head, who remain hospitalized. The President’s Speech is expected to be broadcast by every major TV and Radio Station; r...