In his new memoir, Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband (a phrase that never gets old!) of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, tells the very personal story of Gabby's recovery after being shot in the head in January. Among the many frank details the book reveals, there is one that stands out and makes the whole incident…
It was announced today that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reads the final chapter of her memoir in the accompanying audiobook. Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope was co-written by Giffords' husband Mark Kelly and he reads the rest of the book. Giffords has reportedly been struggling with language, so as with all aspects of…
In a rare public appearance yesterday, Representative Gabrielle Giffords attended at an event to mark her husband Mark Kelly's retirement from the Navy. She appeared to be even stronger than when she was last in Washington in August. At one point during the ceremony, she was able to pin a medal on Kelly's jacket,…
Jared Loughner has stopped smirking while listening to court proceedings over whether he can stand trial for murdering six people and wounding 13 during an Arizona shooting spree. Based on this and various other signs that his mental health is improving, yesterday a judge ruled that he should continue receiving…
For the first seven months of her recovery, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was told little about the shooting that left six people dead and 13 people, including herself, injured. Those close to her feared that the trauma of learning the details of what happened would stunt her recovery, and that she'd be unable to process…
Though it seems there's ample evidence that Jared Loughner is mentally ill, his lawyers are now looking back through his family tree — all the way back to 1893 — to prove that insanity runs in his family. Last month the attorneys issued and then withdrew subpoenas to the State of Illinois for records on Loughner's…
In a moment many feared we'd never see, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House of Representatives this afternoon to cast her vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling. Giffords received a standing ovation and was greeted by both Democratic and Republican colleagues. She's voted against raising the debt…
More good news today on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recovery: She's been discharged from TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital and is moving into her husband Mark Kelly's home in League City, Texas. She'll return to the hospital for outpatient treatment and be assisted by a 24-hour home healthcare provider, but her strength and…
Today Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's chief of staff Pia Carusone gave the most forthcoming update yet on her medical state. As the tidbits fed to the media have suggested, she's doing remarkably well — for someone who suffered such a devastating injury. However, Carusone's comments seem to confirm that as we suspected, it's…
The space shuttle Endeavour landed on Wednesday, and last night Mark Kelly was finally able to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords again after 18 days apart. "It was actually a very touching moment," said Giffords' spokesman. "They are smiling ear-to-ear and haven't let go of each other's hands."
Today a judge ruled that Jared Loughner is not competent to stand trial for the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others. The judge said that experts had diagnosed Loughner with schizophrenia, disordered thinking, and delusions, and that he would not be able to understand his own…
Neurosurgeons in Houston performed a cranioplasty on Gabrielle Giffords, who is now awake and communicating. The surgery involved attaching a plastic implant to cover Giffords's head, which will allow her to live without the helmet she's worn since January. Progress!
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was back in Cape Canaveral today for for the rescheduled launch of the shuttle Endeavour. Giffords, who was sitting in a wheel chair, watched the launch in private with her mother, her husband Mark Kelly's twin Scott Kelly, and other family members. Her chief of staff, Pia Carusone, told CBS…
A Houston TV station purports to have footage of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords walking, with help, up the boarding stairs and into a waiting airplane so she can travel to Florida for her husband's launch. You can watch below, but be warned, it's a little difficult to make out anything. Nevertheless!
"In 1976, I wondered why TIME didn't have a triumphant Patti Smith on its cover," writes Michael Stipe. He also suggests they put her on the cover now. For now, she'll have to settle for being one-hundredth of the annual Time 100 Most Influential People.
A source claims that Gabrielle Giffords is making incredible progress and will attend the launch of her husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle mission next month in Florida. Doctors refused to confirm that she will be there, but said, "The plan has always been for the congresswoman to attend. If that is possible, it will…
In her first public words since the Arizona shooting, today Gabrielle Giffords Tweeted birthday wishes to her husband Mark Kelly and his twin brother Scott, who is currently commanding the International Space Station.
Six weeks after Gabrielle Giffords was shot, her doctor tells CBS New that she's making remarkable progress and interacting with friends and family, but she still doesn't know exactly what happened to her. "She certainly knows that there's been a traumatic event here," said Pia Carusone, Giffords' chief of staff. "The…
Gabrielle Giffords' extraordinary recovery has achieved new milestones: Speaking full sentences and mouthing the words to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby." It's clearly time to talk about her running for Senate next year now that Jon Kyl has announced retirement.
Yesterday on the one-month anniversary of the shooting in Tucson, Mark Kelly posted this update on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Facebook page:
