that means more flooding unfortunately there. all right, guys. send it to you with some food. fourth of july. we re talking meat. there s meat so we re distracted. the chef from delmonicos is here. if you don t recognize delmonico s, baked alaska invented in new york city, what else was invented there? eggs benedict. good inventions. the list goes on. there s like ten different things invented at delmonicos. what are we doing fourth of july. holidays, you want to be with friends and family. easy stuff. short ribs. talking short ribs. delmonico s steak. we see it on the plate. pin wheels. how do we do this? this is a short rib you can have your butcher do this. we do it at the restaurant. bone it out, put the bone back, roll it.
now the swelling is gone and her skull can be repaired. in a cnn exclusive, i sat down with her surgeon who will be performing the surgeon at the university of texas. is this a big step in someone s recovery? it is. reporter: the doctor will implant a special piece of bone made for giffords. it fits in perfectly. reporter: so this is holding the implant and real skull together? that s right. it really is a significant step. more than just getting the bone back, it s a marker for where we are. reporter: dr. kim told me that patients often need another procedure, this one to get rid of a build-up of fluid in the brain. he inserts a drain. patients where this internal drain called a shunt forever.
more than getting bone back, it s a marker for where we are. reporter: he told me patients like giffords often need another procedure, this one to get rid of the buildup in the brain. he inserts a tube to remove the fluid in the brain and the abdominal cavity. a shunt will be in place forever. so people walk around with this tubing all their life? very small plastic tubing. it can last for the rest of their life. reporter: for gabby giffords, it s the end of one stage and the beginning of the next, trying to get back to the life she once knew. i tell you what, elizabeth cohen, just watching that i i m still marveling at neurosurgery how they re able to go in, perfectly fit that piece? isn t that amazing? it s a customer maid piece. they send a cat scan to the company that makes these implants, prosthetics, and they make it to exactly fit that paetsch sneenlt do we know when her virg will be? we don t.
will be performing the process. is this a big step? yes, it is a big step. reporter: dr. kim will implant a piece of synthetic bone made especially for giffords. it will fit in perfect as you can see. then we take these little plates and screws, we went to put in generally one here, there and there. so this is holding the implant and the real skull together? that s right. it really is a significant step. and more than just getting the bone back, it s a marker for where we are. reporter: dr. kim told me patients like giffords often need another procedure, this one, to get rid of a build jum of fluid in the drain. he inserts a tube to drain excess fluid from the brain to the abdominal cavity. people wear this called a shunt forever. so people walk around with this tube for life? yeah, it can last the rest of their life. at some point, patients can