Despite a bullet grazing her brain just above her left eye, doctors have said she could make a good recovery.
Ms Giffords suffered a bullet wound to her brain's left hemisphere, which controls speech and movement for the right side of the body.
Doctors said the bullet grazed the teenager's brain when it struck her just above her left eye.
The teen had been in critical condition, but doctors removed the bullet and she has no major brain or nerve damage.
Doctors said the bullet grazed the teenager's brain when it struck her just above her left eye in the incident in the Swat Valley.
However, it was still unknown Sunday whether nerve connections might have been severed by the bullet and skull fragments propelled through her brain.
WSJ: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's Brain at Risk Despite Quick Aid After Shooting
Prof Crane told the court that the bullet transcended through the police officer's brain before exiting in the floppy part of the right ear.
Doctors said the bullet probably entered the back left portion of the brain and exited the front left.
WSJ: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's Brain at Risk Despite Quick Aid After Shooting
Shannon was hit by a bullet that took out his eye and left shards of metal in his brain.
She received immediate treatment in Pakistan, where surgeons removed a bullet which entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, grazing her brain.
"Don't hold your breath for the silver bullet, " said Dr. Brody, who has studied the effects of various media on the brain for the past 40 years.
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