Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Wasserman Schultz Describe Giffords Opening Her Eyes
She did more than just open her eyers. She responded to verbal command to touch things. She gave her husband a hug.
To be in the room, with their friend, when that happened. Even the doctors recognized how important having her friends and family were:
And we went out, Dr. Lemole, who is the one that’s been on TV and has been so good about explaining everything, he literally said to us, you know, I’ve discounted — on TV, I’ve discounted emotion being — and friendship and family — really, I’ve sort of discounted that as meaningless out loud. He said, I just witnessed the impact of friendship and what you guys — he said, you did this here today.
A Man With A Ph.D. 