Doc: Giffords '100 percent' certain to survive

Tucson Sentinel ^ | January 11, 2011 | Dylan Smith

[ken5050]

It will be really interesting to see how her political future plays out. There have to be Az Dems who are already deciding if they will run for her seat. Would she run again, though she would not be able to serve her constituents? Would she have a primary? She barely got re-elected last November. And for those who might think this post is insensitive, rest assured that state Dems have already been thinking long and hard about it....also..life goes on..

[CGASMIA68]

I say she wont blame the gun but mental illness

[Fred Hayek]

Thank you, I stand corrected.

[Ramcat]

Prayers up for Rep. Giffords. May she make a complete recovery and live a long, full and happy life.

+1 what you said and her family as well.

[cubreporter]

That IS my hope and prayer and also that she will regain everything as before and live a normal life.

[chris_bdba]

With hwere the bullet came out it is going to be hard to predict what if any personality changes she may have or not have.I’m sure she is going to survive the question is will it still be the person her loved ones knew?I’ve also rad that injuries to that part of the brain can cause long term problems with seizures so hopefully she will nt have to deal with those.

[The Great RJ]

She may survive, but will she be able to continue as a member of Congress? We had a similar experience with South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson who suffered a massive stroke. Johnson's true condition was hidden from voters and he was re-elected without any debates and few public appearances. His GOP opponent could not dare raise the question if Johnson was fit to be senator. Johnson who had been relatively independent, now votes in lockstep with Harry Reid and for at least the first part of his current term his vote was almost by proxy.

While I pray for Giffords' recovery, her seat should soon be filled by a special election.

[4Runner]

Good point regarding security. Haven’t seen anyone question why there apparently wasn’t any sheriff’s presence at the meet and greet at the Safeway. Wouldn’t have anything to do with why the Sheriff has been so motivated to bloviate in other directions to distract from the responsibilities he and his department did not carry out that morning?

I mean, come on. A congresswoman schedules a public meeting at a shopping center in her district IN ADVANCE WITH NOTICE and you don’t even assign a sheriff’s deputy or two to be there? On a Saturday morning? Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture?

[Outlaw Woman]

Well we know from the reports that she has movement and cognitive ability so far. Thank God.

[allmendream]

Prayers for her full recovery, but the DR. is hopefully better acquainted with medicine than math.

What is 100% certain about her long term survival is this; and it is 100% certain about all of us. We will ALL die, 100%.

She may have a greater than 99.99% of surviving THIS incident, but long term.....