Officials failed to airlift him to Las Vegas, because the 6ft 10in athlete was too tall for the helicopter and he was driven by ambulance to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Centre.
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Odom told brothel employees he did cocaine Saturday before arriving at the Love Ranch, Hunter told the AP.
On top of the pressures of the life of a top National Basketball Association player, Odom, whose mother died when he was 12, had to deal with being a reality TV star after marrying Kardashian.
He took as many as 10 tabs of a sexual performance enhancer over the past three days, Wehrly said.
Employees saw Odom early Tuesday morning, but when they went to check on him around 3 p.m. they found him unconscious, and when they turned him over “terrible stuff came out” of his nose and mouth. The Food and Drug Administration, Mayo Clinic and others have warned against taking these supplements, sometimes called herbal Viagra.
The Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas, where Odom was taken, declined to comment on Odom’s condition on Wednesday, citing patient confidentiality.
Samples of Odom’s blood are yet to be tested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Laboratory, she added. He says Odom was unresponsive Tuesday but “has a few responsiveness now”.
Various news outlets, such as the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, underscored the FDA warnings Wednesday in response to Odom’s ill health. In April 2014, he signed with the New York Knicks near the end of the regular season, but didn’t play. He played for the University of Rhode Island Rams for the 1998-1999 season after sitting out a year following allegations of recruitment violations by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, according to reports.
He married the younger sister of Kim Kardashian after a whirlwind romance in 2009.
“I just want him, and I think everybody who knows Lamar has always wanted him to just get better, No. 1”, Gentry said.
He addressed rumors that Lamar was using drugs.
“Ya’ll have discredited me, beat me down, took my confidence, took everything away from me”.
While anxious fans are eager to get updates from the family, they are understandably not spending a lot of time on social media at the moment, as they are rallying around Lamar at the hospital in Las Vegas. She said she couldn’t immediately say what they believe caused Odom to become unconscious.
Odom and Bryant, 37, were Lakers teammates from 2004 through 2011, helping Los Angeles capture National Basketball Association titles together in 2009 and 2010.
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Odom loved wearing the Lakers’ purple and gold.
