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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Reportedly Smiles at Her Husband

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiles at her husband and has even given him a back rub, her doctors said today. The tracheotomy tube in the throat of the badly wounded Arizona congresswoman prevents her from speaking to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, but the doctors said the smiles were important indicators. "It implies she is recognizing him, and that she's interacting perhaps with a more familiar way with him," Dr. Michael Lemole, the neurosurgeon treating Giffords at University Medical Center...Full Story
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