Lamar Odom ‘Lasting’ Brain Damage Detailed As Khloe Kardashian Battles Staph Infection: Why She Blames Sisters
Lamar Odom may never recover fully, despite the time and money that his estranged wife, Khloe Kardashian, has spent after postponing their divorce. The former NBA athlete allegedly overdosed in a Nevada brothel, where he was found unconscious. Since that near-death experience, the future for Lamar in terms of his full recovery looks grim, a source told People.
More than five weeks after that almost deadly overdose, Odom has progressed, but the brain damage that resulted from strokes and lack of oxygen remains as a major challenge to the 36-year-old.
Odom has problems communicating and is unable to walk without assistance. Both concerns are linked to the strokes and oxygen deprivation. Because of the brain damage and problems with tasks such as walking and talking, Lamar has a long health battle ahead both in the hospital and when he finally can exit the medical facility, revealed a source to People.
“Lamar won’t likely leave the hospital for a long time,” shared that insider. “And when he does, he will need full time care. He can’t take care of himself.”
But regardless of the challenges, Odom is fighting to recover and stay grateful for Kardashian, added the source.
“[Lamar is] a fighter who works hard every day. With Khloé in his life, Lamar is very lucky. She has been amazing.”
However, the source also predicted that Odom will never regain full recovery.
Khloe Kardashian Staph Infection Update
As the Inquisitr reported, Khloe recently had to cancel a book signing because of what was eventually revealed as a staph infection.
Allegedly contracted at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where Kardashian has been visiting Lamar regularly, the staph infection has resulted in some intense symptoms, including swollen glands, a high fever, and is suffering from an extremely painful lesion on her leg. In addition, she is experiencing chills varied with sweating.
Kardashian blames that staph infection on her sisters from overwork and stress, reported the Daily Mail.
Shown on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Khloe had to fly to Australia on a business trip to bear the brunt of the responsibilities that she felt should be shared by her sisters.
“I’m picking up the slack for my sisters,” said the 31-year-old reality TV star. “They have so much going on in their personal lives and apparently I don’t.”
“Just because I don’t have a child doesn’t mean I don’t need me time to enjoy my life a little more. Sometimes I feel like I really pick up the slack a lot of times when I’m doing a kids promotional tour and I don’t have any kids,” Khloe told her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.
The reality TV star also expressed her belief that the stress inflicted by the workload has exacerbated her staph infection symptoms. And she emphasized the seriousness of her condition on Twitter.
Because of the staph infection, Kardashian cannot visit Lamar because of the danger of passing on the infection, according to People.
Although she understands Odom is vulnerable to infection, the 31-year-old is upset that she can’t see her estranged husband in the hospital until she has recovered herself.
“Khloé is devastated that she can’t go to the hospital and visit Lamar,” an insider told People. “That’s the thing that is bothering her most about the infection. It’s been an emotional and difficult few weeks… and now she’s sick.”
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