Lamar Odom. File photo
Lamar Odom will undergo rehabilitation for ''many months'' after he was found unresponsive in a Nevada brothel last week.
The 35-year-old basketball player regained consciousness over the
weekend after he was found unresponsive in a Nevada brothel last week,
but doctors have reportedly told his close friends and family that his
recovery will likely be a long and difficult journey as the amount of
permanent damage to his body is yet to be determined.
A source
told gossip website TMZ.com: ''Lamar will have physical, speech, and
other therapists working with him for the foreseeable future.'' His
estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, 31 - who filed for divorce from her
beau last year after four years of marriage - has been by his side since
he was admitted to hospital and has promised to support him every step
of the way.
The insider added: ''She has vowed to stay with him
through the entire ordeal ... and that includes all therapy. ''She has
kept a constant vigil by his bedside so far and she is determined to see
this through.''
Odom, who was initially relying on a ventilator,
is said to be breathing on his own but wears a mask to aid the flow of
oxygen and has attempted to speak, though he's mainly using hand signals
to communicate with his relatives.
A 911 call made from the
brothel in Las Vegas confirmed Lamar had taken cocaine last Saturday and
owner of the establishment Dennis Hof revealed he had also been taking
herbal Viagra and drinking bottles of cognac. The combination of herbal
Viagra and cocaine can be deadly.
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