Here’s what it’s like for patients down hall from Lamar Odom

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In this July 2, 2012, file photo, newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom takes questions during an NBA news conference in Los Angeles.

Fri, Oct 16, 2015 (12:31 a.m.)

For three days running, Glenda Jewell and her family have been caught in a celebrity whirlwind. They don't like it.

Jewell's 30-year-old daughter, Sara Cooper, is being treated in the intensive care unit at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center — the same unit that is treating Lamar Odom, the former NBA player and reality TV star who was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel Tuesday.

Bedlam broke loose even before Odom arrived at the Las Vegas hospital Tuesday night, Jewell said in an exclusive interview. That included a lockdown.

Odom, 35, remained critically ill late Thursday. His celebrity wife, Khloe Kardashian, has been at his side. Kardashian, whose divorce from Odom is not final, has been making medical decisions about his treatment, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

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