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Lamar Odom's road to recovery is touch and go. While his physical condition has improved, the 36-year old former NBA star's cognitive skills have suffered.
TMZ reports that Odom doesn't recognize friends or family and doctors believe he may have suffered brain damage.
His estranged wife, Khloe Kardashian, gave an update on his condition earlier this week when she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
"He was in a coma for three days, he's out of it," Khloe said. "The power of prayer to everybody, we're so thankful. He's off of all the machines that help his organs, but still, he has such a long way to go. He's learning how to walk again and feed himself again. Put sentences together. It's a long, long road ahead. We tell him he had a brain injury. I can't tell him how that brain injury was caused. 'Cause it will set him back. He never asks why he's here. He's really confused a lot. We have to remind him. Every day is different. Some days he knows who the president is or his birthday. Other times he think's he's 26, and I say, 'I bet you wish you were 26, so do I.' The stroke affected some of his emotion side, among other parts of the brain. But he's able to smile and laugh at appropriate times."
Odom has been hospitalized since being found unconscious on October 13, at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada.
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