Even some patients who don't respond early to pain stimuli or bright lights still recover, and Ms. Giffords's case doesn't appear as dire.

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After five days in and out of the hospital, and still delirious from pain medications, I had the bright idea to post a video on glennbeck.com describing some of what I was going through.

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