Lamar Odom

      Lamar Odom has recently been in a coma for three days, after a drug overdose.  Lamar Odom is a basketball player who played on the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.  Doctors say that he is little by little coming out of his coma, which is to them miraculous!  On Friday, he woke up and spoke for the first time since Tuesday. He is still on a dialysis because of a kidney failure.  He has suffered a lot of brain damage, and the doctors don't know how much until he is fully awake.  He was able to say "good morning" and give a thumbs up to Khloe Kardashian.

  Odom had an ischemic stroke, which is caused when you have a blood clot stopping the blood flow to the brain, and is many times in relation to an overdose of drugs, specifically cocaine. He is now breathing all on his own, but is still wearing a non rebreather mask, which is a mask that pumps oxygen into his body, when previously he had to use a ventilator.  After an EKG test, it showed that his heart is on a normal beat, and his blood presure is also good. Hopefully, after all of this, Lamar Odom will be all good without any much harm done.