Dr. Drew has weighed in with insight on Bobbi Kristina Brown’s medical condition amid claims from her father Bobbi Brown that she is “awake” form her coma.
Therapist to the stars Dr. Drew was joined on his show by CNN Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin and confirmed that even though Bobby said his daughter opened her eyes, she could still be “in a vegetative state.”
“They can have eyes open and be meaning and still have no relation or meaning with the outside world,” he said.
Hostin said that according to her sources within the family, the 22-year-old is no longer in a coma and no longer sedated, however, “she does still have a [tracheostomy tube] in her throat and her neurological condition has not changed over the past 12 weeks.”
“She doesn’t speak. She doesn’t respond to touch. She’s simply in the same, exact neurological condition that she has been in for the past few months,” Hostin continued and said. “That brain function just does not appear to be there.”
Dr. Drew also address fans who were upset with him for saying that Bobbi Kristina’s condition had not improved. He read a direct quote from her own grandmother, Cissy Houston, who proved his point that her health status was still the same as it had been when she was admitted to a hospital on Jan. 31.
“I have just returned from visiting my granddaughter Bobbi Kristina in the hospital and while she is no longer in a medically induced coma she has tracheotomy and according to the doctors she has global and irreversible brain damage and remains unresponsive. Meeting with the doctors and understanding that she can live in this condition for a lifetime truly saddens me.”
Bobby’s lawyer, Christopher Brown, also clarified his comments and said that yes, she has improved and “opened her eyes,” but she has a long way to go. …The quality of her life will not be known for years to come.”
Dr. Drew added, “She will be in a vegetative state. That’s highly predictable.”
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