Lamar Odom Still Facing Cognitive Challenges as He Continues to Recover

Lamar Odom still has a long way to go on his path to recovery, but a source has said that it's still very possible that the former NBA player could have a healthy future.
Odom, who was hospitalized after a near-fatal overdose over two months ago, is still in rehabilitation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. In November, an insider said the Odom cognitive impairment is “making life very challenging,” a statement that still holds true according to the source.  “The amazing thing about the brain is that it's sometimes able to repair itself beyond what one could have hoped for," the source says. "It's very possible that Lamar will do much better in the future. Right now, however, he still suffers many challenges.”

Odom's brain was severely oxygen deprived after the overdose and resulting strokes, according to the source, and he now suffers from both memory loss and confusion.  The source also said that the star has acquired a oral motor speech disorder, this makes it difficult for him to express himself verbally”.

Although spontaneous speech recovery is still a possibility but Odom is being treated with speech therapy.