lay people hearing this that after less than two weeks after being shot and the bullet going through her brain, she's making these types of stride, standing now. >> reporter: right. i think many people assume that if you take a bullet in the brain, that that is probably it or even if it doesn't kill you, that it's going to permanently injury you in some terrible way. that's not necessarily true. with the help of the great surgeons she had in tucson and with the folks here in texas, people really can recover. this is the texas institute for rehabilitation and research. this is where she'll be headed. one of the top places in the country for recovering from a brain injury, also near where her husband, mark kelly lives and works. yesterday, her trauma surgeon in arizona talked about her progress. >> today, we were getting her out of bed against. we were able to stand with assistance, she's got the strength to stand on her own, lift her head up. i see improvements every single day. then for a period of time, we