The Kardashian women visited Lamar Odom in the hospital on Thursday, amid conflicting reports about the former NBA star's condition.
Odom, the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, has been in a medically induced coma since Tuesday, when he was found unconscious and foaming at the mouth in the VIP suite of a Nevada brothel.
On Thursday, Entertainment Tonight reported that Odom's family had been given a 'glimmer of hope' when his eyes fluttered and he squeezed former sister-in-law Kim Kardashian West's hand at the hospital Wednesday night.
But TMZ says that the squeeze may have been an involuntary motion and that it was ex Khloe's hand he touched.
Sources told the gossip site that doctors are beginning to lose hope for Odom, since the more time he spends in a coma, the less likely he is to come out and recover. Four of Odom's organs - including his kidneys - continue to fail, diminishing his chances of survival.
'The doctors are concerned it has been too long that he's been in this condition and now it's not looking good,' one source told TMZ.
Kris Jenner and her daughters Kim, Kourtney and Kylie were seen arriving at the hospital together on Thursday, and left a few hours later, boarding a private jet out of town. The women looked somber for the hospital visit, wearing all black and sunglasses.
News of Odom's small improvement comes as a new report was published Thursday, shedding light on Odom and Khloe's tormented relationship in the weeks before his tragic overdose during a $75,000 bender at a brothel.
According to Radar Online, Odom had 'pleaded' with Khloe to stop recording his phone calls for her reality show, but she reportedly ignored his requests, saying he deserved the bad press for the way he treated her during their marriage.
'Khloe would either ignore the texts and voice mail messages asking her to stop, or she would tell him, "You owe me this after you humiliated me by cheating with other women,"' the source said.
This comes from an insider who told the gossip site that they believe the Kardashians 'have blood on their hands' for 'demonizing and exploiting' Odom on their show.
'Lamar had no idea that he was going to be Khloe's storyline during the past season. She is always talking about how much she loves the guy, but has no problem exploiting Lamar for her gain. How low can Khloe go?' the source asked. 'Lamar would call her sobbing about losing his best friend this past summer, and the first thing she thinks is to document it?'
This echos previous statements from brothel owner Dennis Hof and prostitutes at his 'Love Ranch' who said Odom became 'irate' and inconsolable after talking to someone on the phone on Sunday, allegedly about his portrayal on the show.
While Odom and Khloe have been separated since 2013, he has still remained a central point on the family's reality show. One plot point on a recent episode involved Kim getting mad at Khloe for 'flirting' with her ex-husband on the phone.
The two signed divorce papers in July, but their split has not been finalized, so Khloe has been by Odom's side at the hospital, making medical decisions for him while he is in a coma.
While the couple's divorce has alienated Odom from the Kardashians in recent years, news of his collapse has brought the family together again, showing their deep-seated love for the former LA Lakers player.
Khloe Kardashian was among the first of Odom's family to arrive at the hospital in Las Vegas Tuesday night, after he was found that afternoon unconscious and foaming from the mouth at a Pahrump, Nevada brothel.
She was quickly followed by mother Kris Jenner and sister Kim Kardashian West, with sister Kendall jetting out early from Shanghai fashion week to be with the family.
Even Caitlyn Jenner, who was notably critical of Khloe and Lamar's whirlwind engagement, is reportedly on her way to Las Vegas to see Odom, after spending a few days with her mother Esther who recently broke both hip bones.
And a new report on Thursday by E! says that Kim Kardashian has cancelled her baby shower in order to remain by her sister's side in Las Vegas.
Odom's ex-partner Liza Morales, 36, also arrived in Las Vegas Wednesday night, bringing along his two children Destiny, 17, and Lamar Jr, 13.
Odom, 35, who is fighting for his life after collapsing during a four-day bender at a Nevada brothel where he partied with prostitutes and allegedly took a cocktail of illicit drugs.
A new report from TMZ has also revealed that Odom reportedly spent $75,000 during his four-day stay at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch in Pahrump.
Sources claim that his drugs relapse may have been made worse by an episode of the reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians, which aired on Sunday when he had already arrived at the brothel.
During the episode his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian told the cameras she was worried Lamar would 'spiral' out of control after the drug-related death of his best friend.
A source who spoke with E! News says that doctors found 'virtually every drug imaginable' in the 35-year-old's system. Other sources told TMZ that he suffered multiple strokes, is on kidney dialysis and has just a 50/50 chance of survival and will likely suffer brain damage.
The 911 call made by a female from the brothel on Tuesday confirmed that Lamar had been taking cocaine before he was found on Tuesday, something he could be prosecuted for if it shows up in his blood test. Authorities have also not ruled out a possible suicide attempt.
The tragedy began to unfold when the 35-year-old visited legal brothel the Love Ranch Vegas in Pahrump, Nevada, alone on Saturday with witnesses saying he seemed 'lost'.
A source told Daily Mail Online: 'He was all freaked out about Khloe, fixated on her. He was showing the girls photos of them together and wanted to pour his heart out, he wasn't there just for sex, he needed a shoulder to cry on, companionship. He seemed lost.
'It's not uncommon for celebrity clients to come in to unwind and have a girlfriend experience, they feel they can come here without being watched or followed.
'Lamar seemed really stressed out when he showed up, the girls tried to relax him and gave him a full body massage.
'But ultimately he wanted to party and would break down in tears from time to time. He told the girls he was a broken man, that he thought his life was a mess and he had no direction.
'He was partying non-stop, using cocaine and taking Viagra and the girls saw other drugs paraphernalia lying around.
'It was sad to see, he was a shadow of the NBA star we all know and love.'
Investigators are looking into whether Odom had visitors during his time at the brothel and what phone calls he may have made from there.
Detective Michael Eisenloffel, who is probing the incident, refused to say what items of the star's were taken away after he was taken to hospital and if there were any drugs or drug paraphernalia found in the room.
In the first 911 recording, a woman at the brothel identifying herself as Misty says a 'client is not breathing'. She doesn't identify him as Odom, saying he is a man in his late 20s.
She then calls again in a panic, worried he is 'not breathing'. She says he is unconscious and he has 'white stuff coming out of his mouth and blood out of his nose'.
In the third 911 recording, Richard Hunter, the brothel's media director, tells the receiver: 'He is breathing regularly.
'He is snoring a little bit but he is breathing consistently.
'He has a little bit of fluid coming from his nose and mouth which has a red coloring to it. It's not red like blood, it's more pinkish.
'I saw it coming out of his nose. He is breathing with his mouth open a little bit, snoring and breathing regularly. I'm trying to speak to him and I am hearing a couple of whimpers.
'He is in a deep sleep for sure. I know CPR but there is no reason to do that if he is breathing regularly, right? He is on his right side.'
He is then told by the operator to move him onto his left side.
Mr Hunter then ends the call, and other voices can be heard as Lamar is maneuvered on the bed onto his left side.
He says: 'I've got him on his left side. He has stuff coming out of his mouth and nose. He [Lamar] took Reload, a 72-hour strong sexual enhancer performer for men. He has taken a bunch of these. It was over a three-day period.
'You can add this to it. Someone just told me that he had some cocaine on him that he finished on Saturday.
'Since then he's been alert, conscious and all that.'
The operator asks him, 'As far as you know, no cocaine since Saturday?'
Mr Hunter replies: 'That is correct.'
Brothel owner Dennis Hof says that over the weekend, Odom consumed 10 herbal Viagra pills called 'Reload' and two-thirds of a bottle of cognac, but says no drugs were found.
But Daily Mail Online understands that staff at the Love Ranch helped clear Odom's bedroom of any incriminating evidence of drug use before the authorities arrived.
The source said: 'The girls were freaked out. They had been partying with him and taking cocaine but he seemed fine. They didn't leave him alone very long, maybe a few hours.
'He could have shot some other drugs while they weren't there, but they can't be sure what he had taken. He didn't collapse while they were in the room.'
The source also adds the Love Ranch has a strict no drugs policy, but there's little staff can do about celebrity clients who bring their own stuff in.
They say Odom was a 'regular' visitor to the Love Ranch - contradicting its assertion he had never visited before - felt 'comfortable' as a guest and had stayed in the same VIP suite before.
'He felt he could really unwind here,' the source said. 'The girls were really looking after him, giving him full body massages and having long talks. Everyone is in shock.'
Other sources told TMZ though that Odom was popping 8 to 10 of these pills at a time, and that he used regular Viagra as well.
While Viagra is a widely used and considered a generally safe drug, it does come with some rare side effects that can cause low blood pressure, heart attack and even stroke.
'Of course everybody's thinking, 'Well, maybe it was drugs.' We didn't see any effects of that,' Hof told E! 'He was going to sleep every night, and I don't think he was doing any drugs - although you never can tell. He was doing a herbal Viagra and a lot of it.'
Two prostitutes found the former NBA star unconscious and foaming at the mouth on Tuesday afternoon in a VIP house attached to the legal brothel.
'There was some blood coming out of him. The 911 operator asked them to turn him on his left side and of course he's a big guy, so it was a big challenge,' Hof said. 'They did that and a lot of stuff started coming out of him. He started throwing up and they say it was a horrifying sight...Then the paramedics took over.'
It's believed the last time someone saw Odom alert was at 6am on Tuesday as the partying ground to a halt, when one prostitute woke him up to tell him she was leaving. He was found unconscious later in the day, around 3:15pm.
Odom had been taken by ambulance to the nearby Desert View Hospital, where doctors intubated the basketball player, but he did not regain consciousness.
He then had to be taken to the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas by ambulance for further treatment because at 6ft 10in he was too tall to be airlifted
The basketball star is believed to have spent a five-figure sum after arriving alone at the Love Ranch's top suite on Saturday.
Love Ranch spokesman Richard Hunter told Daily Mail Online the NBA star had spent 'multiples of five figures' during his stay – but had appeared to want 'companionship' and had asked to spend his last night alone.
He said there was no appearance that he was suicidal, and said that police had taken away all the brothel's stocks of Reload, the $4-a-pill herbal Viagra substitute which Odom had taken.
'To my knowledge it was the first time he has ever been here,' he said.
'You'd think a celebrity in Vegas wouldn't have a problem finding people to hang out with but people feel there is a certain discretion here.
'It was kind of unusual for a celebrity like him to come here alone. Usually the guys have one or two friends with them, then they separate when they get here into different areas.
'Without knowing him personally, whatever was going on with his circle of friends in Las Vegas, it seemed that was something he wanted to get away from. I think it was obviously important for him to get here alone to a secluded place.'
The exact kind of stroke Odom is believed to have suffered involves a blood clot blocking blood flow to the brain, and is often a result of a cocaine overdose. The insider said that Odom started taking cocaine on Friday and 'chocked on his mucus'.
That report is backed up by a source who said that the mucus in Odom's lungs was caused by smoking crack-cocaine. That source added that doctors also found opiates in the ex-NBA star's system and needle marks on one of his arms.
'I'm obviously hoping that he can pull through this, and that in some fortunate way this becomes the beginning of a different ending,' said good friend and New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher.
Fisher, who played with Odom at the Lakers, later told CNN; 'Lamar Odom was one of the greatest people I've ever known. That's the way I see him. I don't see him through the prism of choices he has made. I view him through the heart and soul of the person he really is.'
However, it appears the overdose was not intentional but possibly a result of Odom's history of drug abuse.
'The long term effects of his drug use have taken a toll on his body and the binge this time was too much to handle,' a source told E!
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