topic Rep G Giffords Goes To Rehab in Community Chat https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Rep-G-Giffords-Goes-To-Rehab/m-p/23428#M11268 <DIV class="text"> <P>The drain in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' brain was removed on Wednesday prior to her transfer from a Houston hospital's intensive care unit to a rehabilitation center. Doctors at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Hospital said this was more good news for the congresswoman, who has been on a steady recovery path since arriving in Houston on Friday. With the removal of the catheter, Giffords is now ready to begin a full rehabilitation program. We may soon hear the congresswoman's voice, too: Doctors plan to insert a speaking valve in her breathing tube to help her talk.</P> <DIV class="getit"><A rel="nofollow" href="https://community.qvc.com/partnersfeed/?cid=csi:cheatsheet&amp;f=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fnational%2Fmain7286862.shtml" target="_blank"><SPAN style="color: #ffffff;">Read it at CBS News</SPAN></A></DIV> </DIV> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:02:28 GMT prisrob 2011-01-27T01:02:28Z Rep G Giffords Goes To Rehab https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Rep-G-Giffords-Goes-To-Rehab/m-p/23428#M11268 <DIV class="text"> <P>The drain in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' brain was removed on Wednesday prior to her transfer from a Houston hospital's intensive care unit to a rehabilitation center. Doctors at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Hospital said this was more good news for the congresswoman, who has been on a steady recovery path since arriving in Houston on Friday. With the removal of the catheter, Giffords is now ready to begin a full rehabilitation program. We may soon hear the congresswoman's voice, too: Doctors plan to insert a speaking valve in her breathing tube to help her talk.</P> <DIV class="getit"><A rel="nofollow" href="https://community.qvc.com/partnersfeed/?cid=csi:cheatsheet&amp;f=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fnational%2Fmain7286862.shtml" target="_blank"><SPAN style="color: #ffffff;">Read it at CBS News</SPAN></A></DIV> </DIV> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:02:28 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Rep-G-Giffords-Goes-To-Rehab/m-p/23428#M11268 prisrob 2011-01-27T01:02:28Z