Khloe Kardashian Made Life & Death Decisions For Lamar Odom: Twitter War Over Dating James Harden While Married

Khloe Kardashian has just gone through one of the most challenging and stressful periods of her life. After filing for divorce from Lamar Odom and seeking to move on, the reality TV star received a phone call that he had been discovered unconscious at a brothel, with only four hours to live. That call occurred last month, and Kardashian recalls it as one of the most terrifying experiences possible, reported Today.

When Kardashian got the call that her estranged husband had been found unresponsive at a Nevada brothel last month, she was initially told that he was close to death. And because Khloe legally remains his wife, she had the role of making the complex medical decisions that resulted.

“It’s a horrible call to get,” recalled Kardashian. “Getting to the hospital and knowing he’s in a coma and having to run these tests or make medical decisions. It’s terrifying.”

Khloe is now revealing just how close Lamar came to losing his life and how she had to take responsibility for making what were life-and-death decisions.

“You have to make risk-and-reward decisions. Like, OK, well, there’s an 80 percent chance if we do this operation, he might pass away. But also if we don’t do it, there’s a 90 percent chance he’ll pass away.”

For Kardashian, the stress has continued even as Odom gets better. And although Khloe is grateful that life-support machines are no longer needed for Lamar to survive, she admits that she does not know how long his recovery could take or even if he will fully recover.

“He is learning how to walk again and learning… cognitive therapy and speech therapy,” revealed Kardashian. “They think, like, within a year and a half to two years that, mentally, he might be fully recovered. But they don’t know.”

What this means with regard to her divorce is simply that she’s not pushing to have it finalized, added Khloe.

“I was expediting the divorce prior, and I’m still separated with him, but I’m just not expediting…also, [it’s] in his will that I’m always the medical adviser. And it was just — he had no one else to make these decisions for him.”

In addition, Kardashian struggled during the past year with the adjustments needed to accept her stepfather Caitlyn Jenner as a transgender woman.

“When he did finally say it to us, we did feel like we were the last to know,” said Khloe. “Probably I took it the hardest.”

As the Inquisitr reported, Kardashian revealed that she actually learned that Bruce Jenner was becoming Caitlyn on camera.

On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the talk show host questioned Khloe regarding how she was coping with Jenner’s transition since Keeping Up with the Kardashians showed the 31-year-old’s issues with her stepfather. The reality TV star admitted that she struggled because she felt Caitlyn failed to be honest during the initial part of the transition from male to female.

But even as Kardashian has learned to accept Caitlyn, her awareness of what it will take for Odom to recover remains challenging. However, Khloe is determined to remain optimistic about what the future holds for Lamar, according to the Daily Mail.

Kardashian shared that the cognitive work involved is “frustrating” for her estranged husband. The medical treatments required range from speech therapy to occupational therapy.

And while his organs are “pretty much recovered,” the concern for the extent of the brain damage that he suffered remains the focus, added Khloe.

The couple wed in 2009, then broke up in 2013.

Since then, Kardashian has been increasingly involved in a romantic relationship with James Harden, and that’s caused some criticism on Twitter, reported the Mirror.

The social media critics advised Khloe to respect her wedding vows by staying with Lamar or end the marriage and then move on with Harden.

“You can’t be with Harden and still be married fam, gotta choose one,” said a critic who incited the wrath of Khloe.

“For better or worse, sickness and health, till death do them part. I’m with you, she needs to pick one of the other,” chimed in another, making Kardashian even more irate.

As a result, the reality TV star lashed out on social media by pointing to Lamar’s cheating on her.

“You should have said those to the man who went against all our vows. Judge yourself. F**k off,” retorted Khloe.

To those confused about why she was staying with Odom while dating James, Kardashian sought to explain that she feels responsible for taking care of Lamar’s medical issues but does plan to proceed with the divorce.

“Divorce is still going forward. Doesn’t mean I won’t be there through sickness and health. I’ve proven that,” emphasized Khloe.

The criticism came at a time when Kardashian was suffering from a painful staph infection, which caused her to take antibiotics and painkillers. She subsequently blamed her Twitter rants on her illness.

Signing off…. Antibiotics +painkillers + tweeting does not equal anything good lol

— Khloé (@khloekardashian) November 19, 2015

[Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images For AXE]