(CNN) — U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head last month, is regaining part of her ability to speak, her spokesman said today.
C.J. Karamargin would not divulge what Giffords has said, other than saying she asked for toast.
“It’s very good news,” he said.
Giffords is at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital in Houston. She was moved there late last month from University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, where she was taken after the shooting at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Tucson supermarket.
Six people were killed in the incident; Giffords was among 13 injured. Authorities have said they believe Giffords was targeted in the shooting. A 22-year-old suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, is facing federal charges.
Giffords’ office said she actually spoke her first words before this morning, but has been speaking more since then.
“The reason for choosing this rehab facility is because of their track record,” Karamargin said. “They are doing a fabulous job and working with her language and speech exercise and the physical therapy part of it.”
Giffords was shot in the left side of her brain, where major language centers are housed. (CNN)
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