Lamar Odom is on the mend from his chilling days last week of his heart, kidneys and liver failing at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, after being found unconscious at a Love Ranch South—a Nevada brothel. Now, his health is on the mend after a week being hooked up to tubes, wires and monitors, but doctors have given Lamar the honest truth about whether he’ll ever be able to lead a normal life again.
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It's been reported that while Lamar's health has been on the mend, even being moved to a Los Angeles hospital on Oct. 19, both of his kidneys are shot and still failing. While doctors thought that 6 hours of dialysis a day would help, it's starting to look like Lamar may be facing a kidney transplant.
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Little steps of improvement continued on Oct. 16, when doctors began to alternate between his ventilator and an oxygen mask to test the waters on whether he could breathe on his own after being in critical condition for five days at that point.
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On Oct. 18, the ex-NBA star became alert, talking and smiling with the Kardashian-Jenner brood in his hospital room, even though he suffered multiple strokes after being admitted.
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Khloe, who has refused to leave her former beau's side since she got wind of his near death experience, is committing to
stay by Lamar's side for the next handful of months while he completes a tough and long road of rehab, which reportedly could
take place in her home.
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Even though the former
Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality star was chatting it up with Khloe,
Kim Kardashian and
Kendall Jenner on Oct. 18, doctors reportedly say he'll have to continue to go through speech therapy. It's still unclear
how much brain damage happened after those strokes.
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It's been reported that while Lamar's health has been on the mend, even being moved to a Los Angeles hospital on Oct. 19, both of his kidneys are shot and still failing. While doctors thought that 6 hours of dialysis a day would help, it's starting to look like Lamar may be facing a kidney transplant.
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Photo credit: Getty Images
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Little steps of improvement continued on Oct. 16, when doctors began to alternate between his ventilator and an oxygen mask to test the waters on whether he could breathe on his own after being in critical condition for five days at that point.
Photo credit: Getty Images
lamar-odom-health-update-hospitalized-coma-5
On Oct. 18, the ex-NBA star became alert, talking and smiling with the Kardashian-Jenner brood in his hospital room, even though he suffered multiple strokes after being admitted.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Khloe, who has refused to leave her former beau's side since she got wind of his near death experience, is committing to
stay by Lamar's side for the next handful of months while he completes a tough and long road of rehab, which reportedly could
take place in her home.
Photo credit: Splash News
lamar-odom-health-update-hospitalized-coma-2
Even though the former
Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality star was chatting it up with Khloe,
Kim Kardashian and
Kendall Jenner on Oct. 18, doctors reportedly say he'll have to continue to go through speech therapy. It's still unclear
how much brain damage happened after those strokes.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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