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Force base for the flight. including a group of vfw motorcycle riders. they volunteered to escort the congresswoman from the ambulance to the base. she rode with this group in 2009 when they escorted the remains of civil war era veterans to see sierra vista. we don t have confirmation she is in this ambulance? we re assuming she is? we think this is the ambulance, but we have not on the ground been given absolute confirmation. we re going to make the assumption based on the fact that the motorcade, so to speak, is moving along with her. the congresswoman will travel in a challenger aircraft where she will land at javier airport in houston. expected to happen 2:15 eastern time and, again, taking by helicopter to memorial hospital ....
The morning after the big move starts with back pain. and a choice. take advil now. and maybe up to 4 in a day. or, choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. smart move. we ve now got names and faces to go along with that record setting mafia bust we told you about yesterday. for example, meet luigi manocchio known at baby shacks. the alleged former boss of new england s la cosa nostra. back to tucson. i m told we are now seeing activity outside the hospital. representative gabrielle giffords being moved to tirr memorial herman rehabilitation hospital in houston. thru see the ambulance, and there is a large police motorcade. they have publicized this route heading out to davis-monthan air ....
Medically she s stable, that she s breathing okay. that the tube feeding is going well and they ll be coming up with a plan, and, again, that plan is going to involve multiple people. physical therapists, speech therapist, sometimes even music therapists if the congresswoman liked music. music is very helpful in terms of helping people recover. settling in, making sure medically she s stable and conversing with the doctors that transferred her there. janet shamlian is outside the rehab facility, the hospital where gabby giffords will be taken. i understand that the doctor in charge of her care, i don t know how much you know about him, janet, but i guess he s a he s a retired army colonel, and a professor of surgery there? reporter: can you repeat the question, chris? yeah. i was reading a little bit about the retired army colonel, and the professor, a chair in surgery, who s going to be in charge of her treatment. do you know anything else about her medical team? ....
When those candles are lit and the people are coming up and very quietly often praying. it s also worth noting, miguel, if you re still with me, that gabrielle giffords becomes the last person who was injured in this attack to leave the hospital. reporter: yeah, chris. she was the last victim to leave the hospital. of course, as you know, there was nearly 20 people that were in the hospital. she s the last one it leave, and for many it s a very symbolic day here, because it reminds folks here that they do need to move beyond this tragedy. this was tiv to grieve together andalities now move forward to the next step and the of course they re all here to say good-bye to the congresswoman, chris, it s certainly been a long, nearly two weeks now. many folks grieving together and happy to see the last victim from this hospital leave towards her first step towards recovery. miguel, thank you. janet, thank you. dr. michael degeorgia, thank you. we are continuing to watch what is really a r ....
University of ars arizona medical center and the some people lining the route to the airfield where an ambulance will take congresswoman gabrielle giffords less than two weeks after she was shot through the head, a testament to fine medical care, to her recuperative powers, also to a change over the last five or ten years or so, the big push to get patients rapidly out of the hospital once they re medically xablized and into rehab but that improves overall recovery. i want too talk more about that. the director of neurocritical care at university hospital s case medical center in cleveland, he s our guest. good to see you. thank you very much for joining us. thanks for having me, chris. some of the things we know happened over the last week or so. we know that gabby giffords has, for example, been trying to speak. that she seems to be playing with her eye pad. ....