The American Congresswoman Can Breathe By Her Own

It was on Tuesday, the doctors said that American Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona

, who was badly wounded in Saturday's shooting incidental in Tucson, Arizona, was breathing on her own three days after being shot in the head.

The Arizona Republic reported that the congresswoman is going back from a annihilating head wound she suffered when a gunman opened fire at point-blank range on Saturday morning.

Michael Lemole, University Medical Center's chief of neurosurgery, said at a briefing on Giffords' condition. "I'm happy to say she is holding her own", "She is able to follow simple commands."

It is reported that the doctors are keeping a breathing tube in Giffords to clear her airways of fluids and to prevent other medical problems such as pneumonia. Lemole said, "She is breathing on her own. The only reason we keep that breathing tube in is to protect her airway" .

In addition to Giffords, five patients continue in the hospital with three listed in dangerous condition and two in fair check after the shooting rampage, the report said. She was presumptively the major target in the shooting, which killed six people. In addition to her, 13 others were wounded.

Her brain intumescence has remained at about the same level as a day ago -- a good sign, doctors said, because such swelling is the most important risk for head-trauma patients. Doctors removed nearly half of her skull to allow the brain to freely swell and heal itself.

It is said by Dr. Peter Rhee, University Medical Center's psychic trauma director, said after the news conference that he is positive that Giffords won't die and likely will avoid a vegetational state. But he said it 's too early to tell how quickly and to what degree Giffords will recover.

It is reported that she carried on to follow simple commands to lift fingers and her finger, and she moved parts on both sides of her body, Rhee said.

In a related development, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle will travel to Tucson on Wednesday along with three top federal officials -- Attorney General Eric Holder, Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, concording to the report.

They will attend a commemoration event at the McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus.

Obama said earlier that his establishment was keeping in touch with families of the victims, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and congressional leaders, and that there is "no doubt" that plans for a memorial will evolve over the next several days.

"It's going to be important, I think, for the country as a whole, as well as the people of Arizona, to feel as if we are speaking directly to our sense of loss, but also oral presentation to our hopes for the future and how out of this tragedy we can come together as a stronger nation," Obama said.

by: Chris Wood

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