As police halted traffic and a media horde captured the scene, Giffords was moved by ambulance early Wednesday from Memorial Hermann Hospital to TIRR Memorial Hermann, just two blocks away in the Texas Medical Center. Decision made Tuesday 
 
 Until Wednesday Giffords was being held in a neuro-intensive care unit because excess fluid was being drained from her brain in the aftermath of a shooting outside a supermarket in Tucson, where Jared Loughner is accused of shooting her and 18 others. Doctors in Tucson had installed a catheter to drain the cerebrospinal fluid. Giffords' doctors have determined she is ready to move to TIRR Memorial Hermann, where her rehabilitation will begin, Memorial Hermann said late Tuesday. Dr. John Holcomb, Giffords' trauma surgeon, said her move from intensive care to TIRR was seamless and "absolutely perfect." 'Some weakness' 
 
 Asked if there was anything about Giffords' current condition that was a cause for concern, Holcomb was optimistic. 'There is nobody like her' 
 
 Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, has said his wife has been able to follow commands, like taking a pen and handing it back.
– Gabrielle Giffords was moved from the Houston hospital where she's been recuperating to a nearby rehabilitation facility today, after her condition was upgraded from serious to good. Police halted traffic along the route, and construction workers draped tarps around one of the rehab center's entrances to obscure Giffords' arrival, the Houston Chronicle reports. Doctors say Giffords has made "strong progress" since arriving at the intensive care unit on Friday. Last night her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, watched President Obama's State of the Union speech from Giffords' bedside, holding his wife's hand, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arizona's congressional delegation left a seat empty in tribute to their injured colleague and most lawmakers in attendance wore black-and-white lapel ribbons in memory of the victims of the Tucson shootings.