Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition improves by 'leaps and bounds'

Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 03:30 in Astronomy & Space

Doctors say the congresswoman is making a tremendous recovery, stringing words together and becoming more mobile. They hope she'll be able to attend the launch of the space shuttle commanded by her husband.Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head in a Tucson parking lot in January, "is making leaps and bounds in terms of neurological progress," doctors said Friday, and there is "a good possibility" she will be able to attend the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, will command in April.

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