Lamar Odom was flown by helicopter Monday from Las Vegas to a hospital in Los Angeles, ESPN reported.
The 35-year-old former Laker and Clipper was accompanied on the 5 p.m. flight by his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, sources told the cable all- sports network.
Odom had been in the Intensive Care Unit at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and was considered to be in critical condition, according to various news reports.
He received dialysis treatment on Sunday after previously experiencing kidney failure, according to the syndicated entertainment news program, “Entertainment Tonight.”
Odom suffered a medical emergency at the Love Ranch South in Crystal, Nevada, where an ambulance was sent about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly. He was taken to Desert View Hospital in Pahrump, about 20 miles south of Crystal, Wehrly said, and was later transported by ground ambulance to Sunrise.
Wehrly said the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from two people at the brothel.
“During that call, the reporting parties informed the Nye County Sheriff’s Office dispatch the male had been using cocaine,” the sheriff said.
“They confirmed his usage on Saturday but was unsure if it had continued to the weekend. They also informed dispatch that he had used up to 10 tabs of sexual performance enhancer supplements over the last three-day period. He was unconscious but breathing. He had blood coming from his nose and his mouth, along with a white substance.”
E! Online reported on Friday that Odom emerged from the coma he had been in since Tuesday, was breathing on his own and even said, “Hey, baby” to Khloe Kardashian. E! broadcasts the various Kardashian reality shows.
Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Khloe’s best friend, Malika Haqq, took a private jet from Los Angeles and arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday to reunite with Khloe, who hadn’t left Odom’s bedside at Sunrise Hospital since arriving there Tuesday night, “Entertainment Tonight” reported.
—City News Service