oh girls they want to have fun no girls just want to have fun i remember each morning, walking into the hospital and being so excited to go up to gabby s room. because i felt like each day i knew there would be something new that she would be able to do. january, february, march april, may, june, july take the glasses off. she had to wear a helmet when she moved around, which she did not like. boo, boo, boo. we can t take that with us. that helmet was the substitute for a skull to protect her brain. when she first had her injury, she had some of her skull removed to help release the pressure as the brain swells. gabby s injury was beyond what most of us can imagine, and
spouses and families all can respond in different ways. on a bright sunny day our family s approach was to be with gabby in the hospital as much as possible. gabby s mom and dad came to houston, moved into a friend s house. her mom was able to be in the hospital every single day. good job. this is a good time for people to bring this in. this is the break. oh my goodness. mark was always the one advocating not only for her medical care but for her emotional needs as well. wow. he hung signs on the door about kind of the rules that he expected. it s your favorite flower. stuff like, don t cry. b positive. they re not roses, they re tulips. tulips, yes. don t assume that she doesn t understand what you re talking
ground control to major tom ground control to major tom take your protein pills and put your helmet on i would go to work all day. i d come back and spend the evening at the hospital. commencing countdown engines on five four three two check ignition and may god s love be with you liftoff this is ground control to major tom the space shuttle
about, because she probably does. when you tell mark i love you. uh-huh. gabby had no memory of what happened to her. she didn t know she was shot in the head. i had some advice from her doctors not to give her specifics until she asked. there was a point in the hospital, i remember, where she said, is hwhat is happening to what she really wanted to know is more details about what happened on the day she was injured. happy holidays from lexus. we strip in the community garden. i ve been stripping here for years.
right here. so this was the model that they built the plate out of. that look about right? and then the real skull this stays in here. this stays in here next to the empanadas. and the sliced mango. don t touch. it says, do not discard. not trash. and then this is what remains. of gabby s skull. you know, when she was in the hospital, i just happened to ask the doctor what they were going to do with it. he says, what do you want to do with it? i asked gabby and she said, keep it. keep it. i mean, it s part of your head. but i think syrah syrah. good way to put it. what s the rest of that song?