GIFFORDS MAKES A SECOND VISIT TO TUCSON THIS WEEKEND

posted by Andrea Kelly

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is spending the long Labor Day weekend in Tucson. This is her second trip home since she left for rehabilitation in Houston to recover from the gunshot wound she suffered in January.

Giffords spent several months doing inpatient rehab at TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, and is now an outpatient there. That means she gets to go home at night with her husband Mark Kelly.

She's still not spending much time in Tucson, and her staff says she's anxious to get back to her hometown.

In a news release, Giffords' office said the visit will be private, just as her first visit was during Father's Day weekend in June.