 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s husband has told her that she was shot, but she has no memory of the incident, her doctors said Friday as they offered an update on her medical condition. Doctors treating the Arizona Democrat said at morning press conference that she is “leaps and bounds” in her recovery, barely two months after being shot in the head at a constituent event in Tucson. “We can really have a conversation with her at this point,” neurosurgeon Dong Kim said at a press conference in Houston. Doctors said that in the few weeks since Giffords arrived at TIRR Memorial Hermann, the rehabilitation center where she is being treated, she has gone from mouthing words to speaking sentences, saying things like, "I'm tired and want to go to bed." It’s not clear whether Giffords knows people were killed in the incident. Now, that’s an important neurological recovery fact because what that means is that her whole primary language areas are intact.” 
 
 The congresswoman’s breathing tube has been removed in the last week, said Imogele Aisiku, the doctor who performed the procedure. Gerard Francisco, the doctor overseeing Giffords’s rehabilitation said Giffords is “gaining more movement, she’s gaining more ability to do things for herself.” And, he said, “The amount of assistance she needs has decreased significantly.” 
 
 Kim was also upbeat about the congresswoman’s physical capabilities. Mark Kelly will be the commander of Endeavor when it launches in April, and his identical twin brother, Scott, is the current leader of the International Space Station crew. Doctors addressed reports this week that Giffords is hoping to be at the launch next month of her husband's space shuttle mission in Florida next month.
– Gabrielle Giffords is making a "tremendous amount of progress" in her recovery and can now speak full sentences, her doctors say. Giffords is walking, though not without assistance, and can say sentences such as "I'm tired and I want to go to bed." Also, her "upbeat" personality is coming through, and she's laughing more, doctors said in a public update of her progress, reports the Arizona Daily Star. "We can engage her for a long period of time during therapies, or between therapies," said the head of her rehabilitation team in Houston. As for the shooting: “She has been told about the event both by her husband and by us, and I think she understands,” said another of her doctors, notes Politico. To read about plans to have her attend husband Mark Kelly's shuttle launch next month, click here.