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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was recently released from the hospital and will continue her recovery from a devastating head wound at her husband’s suburban Houston home.

Giffords’ departure Wednesday from Houston’s TIRR Memorial Hermann marks a new phase in her rehabilitation.

She struggles to speak and walk, and will need daily, intensive therapy, and whether she will ever recover enough to resume her congressional duties is still unknown.

But doctors, her husband Mark Kelly and experts who have been observing Giffords’ recovery emphasize that going home is a key milestone and could help stimulate her progress.

“Anyone who knows Gabby knows that she loves being outside, Kelly said in a statement released by the hospital. Living and working in a rehab facility for five months straight has been especially challenging for her.”

Giffords will still go to the hospital each day where she will participate in speech, music, physical and occupational therapy with the same team that has treated her since she arrived in Houston in late January.

The congresswoman will move to Kelly’s home in League City, a suburb near the Johnson Space Center, where she will have 24-hour help from a home care assistant.

The 41-year-old was shot in the left side of the brain, the part that controls speech and communication, on Jan. 8 while meeting with constituents in Tucson. Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the attack, including the lawmaker and members of her staff.