Scalise, who remains in critical condition at a Washington hospital, was shot in the hip. He has been sedated, but has been brought out of sedation periodically and been able to recognize and communicate with his family, Sava said.
The Louisiana congressman was shot in the hip by a deranged gunman Wednesday morning while practicing for the annual charitable congressional baseball game.
"We are encouraged by the improvement of his condition in the last 36 hours", Sava said, adding Scalise will require more operations "to manage abdominal injuries and other bone injuries".
Doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital, where Rep. Scalise is being treated, discussed his condition on Friday saying that they believed he would be in the hospital for a considerable amount of time, possibly weeks.
Republicans and Democrats joined in a spirited, friendly rivalry Thursday at their annual Congressional Baseball game, many fresh from the penetrating horror of the ballfield shooting rampage a day earlier and all playing in honor of their grievously wounded colleague.
The FBI said that the shooter's weapons found at the scene - a 9mm handgun and 7.62mm caliber rifle - had been legally purchased.
The names have not been disclosed, those listed had been briefed.
Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, arrived at the hospital via helicopter in shock, with intense internal bleeding and "an imminent risk of death", Sava said.
Before the event, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters, "Tonight we will go to the game, play our hardest, but we will all be Team Scalise".
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Trump on Thursday reiterated his call for unity in the aftermath of the shooting in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia.
Hodgkinson, a Belleville, Illinois, home inspector who had been living out of his van near the park, had a social media page filled with criticism of Republicans and the Trump administration.
He added that Scalise "will be able to walk and, hopefully, run".
"We have no intention to remove all bullet fragments at this point", he said, noting that is common because finding and removing that many fragments is more risky than leaving them inside the body. "His risk of death right now is substantially lower than when he came in".
House Speaker Paul Ryan visited Scalise at the hospital Friday, an aide said.
The wife of wounded GOP congressman Steve Scalise says she is thankful for all the prayers and warm wishes her family has received since her husband was shot at a baseball practice. The US Capitol Police and representatives for the three lawmakers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Hodgkinson contacted both of his state's Democratic senators frequently, always through email links on their websites, spokesmen said Friday.
Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre presented the game ball to Capitol Police special agent David Bailey, who came out on the field on crutches after being injured in Wednesday's shooting, to throw out the first pitch to huge applause.
Lobbyist Matt Mika was shot multiple times and critically injured and remained hospitalised.
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