On August 1, she made a surprise return to the floor of the U. During the interview, the congresswoman appeared upbeat but had difficulty forming complete sentences. On January 25, , Giffords resigned from Congress in order to concentrate on her continuing recovery. In August of that same year, Loughner pleaded guilty to 19 of the crimes he was charged with, including killing six people.
As part of the plea agreement, federal prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty against him. On November 8, , Loughner was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Reportedly, only 38 minutes transpired between the time she was injured and when she entered surgery. That the facility was fully equipped to handle such an traumatic injury was key. Once in surgery, neurosurgeons removed bone fragments, worked to stop the bleeding, and then performed an operation called a decompressive hemicraniotomy.
The procedure, which has become popular in the past decade or so, especially in the context of battlefield brain injuries, entails the removal of a portion of the skull to allow room for the brain to swell. Brain swelling creates increased pressure inside the cranium, and if part of the bone is not removed the pressure disrupts a vital differential between blood pressure and the pressure in the brain.
When it comes to swelling, Black explains, "minutes count," and the fact that the pressure in her brain was relieved so quickly is essential to her relatively positive prognosis. Brain injuries are complex, and it is too early to know definitively the extent to which Giffords will ultimately be set back or if she can make a full recovery.
But the next few days will be very critical, Black says, as potentially dangerous brain swelling "tends to maximize on the third day of injury," which would be Tuesday. It's called a decompressive craniectomy. The scalp gets flapped backwards, and a large portion of the cranium skull bone is drilled away. That area of the skull left open, with the brain covered by a synthetic material and then scalp, so that the brain can swell and not have any vital blood supply or tissue compromised That portion remains in a refrigerator for up to, potentially, two-to-three months, and that area of the brain is left open so the brain can swell and not impair other parts of the brain.
Special Section: Tragedy in Tucson. The bullet's path once it entered Giffords' brain was also key, Ashton pointed out, noting, "The bullet went through the rear left portion of the brain, and exited through the front left portion of the brain. Daniel Hernandez, an intern on her staff, is being called a hero after he rushed to her aid - and closer to the gunman - moments after the shooting.
He applied pressure to the entry wound to staunch the bleeding, pulling her on to his lap so she would not choke on her own blood. Paramedics then took her to a nearby hospital where trauma surgeon Peter Rhee, a former military doctor who served in Afghanistan, and his team worked with impressive efficiency. Ms Giffords was in the operating theatre about 38 minutes after she was shot. The bullet entered at the back of her skull and exited at the front, travelling through the left side of her brain - which controls speech among other things.
Dr Rhee told reporters that Ms Giffords was fortunate that the bullet had stayed on one side and had not hit areas of the brain that are almost always fatal.
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