whose rallied for her recovery. >> she's in the icu, gone through this traumatic injury and spent ten minutes giving me a neck massage. i'm sure she wouldn't do that for somebody else and she's look me in the eye. it's so typical of her, no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she's looking out for her people. >> nbc's noelle walker has been at the hospital all week to bring us the latest updates. we're hearing that on one end there's great progress after another about congresswoman giffords it seems the good news keeps on rolling. what are doctors saying about her today the medical press conferences have kind of drys up. >> reporter: they have. the doctors have said they will schedule another briefing as events warn. so what we can glean from that, in the past they said no news is good news. the silence can mean, at the very least the congresswoman is holding her own which in the past the doctors have said for her is progress. >> when we talk about her