Lamar Odom Suffered 12 Strokes
Lamar Odom is still recovering after an overdose at a brothel in Nevada nearly claimed his life, and sources say the former NBA star suffered 12 strokes leaving his ability to walk and talk altered.
Fortunately, the strokes didn’t affect any of his vital organs.
However, Odom has quite a few other health issues to deal with — including (but not limited to) kidney failure.
“Doctors performed a series of brain scans on Lamar and discovered the strokes. Lamar’s medical team isn’t saying if the impairment is permanent. He’ll undergo months of physical therapy and doctors don’t know the extent to which his motor skills and speech will be restored”.
Lamar Odom has been undergoing dialysis, and may need a kidney transplant. He recently needed two emergency surgeries for “chest issues”. He is currently in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles where he was airlifted last week.
Sources say that his wife Khloe Kardashian has not left his side, and that she even sleeps in the intensive care unit with him every night. She is reportedly the only person currently allowed to see Lamar. That may change if his condition is upgraded, or if he is moved out of the ICU.
Although he is off of life support and is breathing on his own, sources say that Lamar has a long road ahead of him, and his prognosis is unclear.