IT IS CLEAR THAT GABBY WILL NOT BE IN ANY POSITION TO SERVE IN THE CONGRESS ANYTIME SOON...
AS A RESULT IT MAY BE BEST TO GET A REPLACEMENT... I'D SUGGEST THAT GABBY'S HUSBAND...THE ASTRONAUT...SERVE OUT THE REST OF HER TERM IN CONGRESS...
IT NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED...THAT "RECOVERY" IS RELATIVE... HER RECOVERY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE IN HER CAPACITY IN CONGRESS...
SOME PRACTICAL AND NOT "WISHFUL" RESOLUTION OF THIS MATTER WILL BE NEEDED EVENTUALLY.