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msnbc.com News— When Tiger Woods was brought to the Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla., his condition was more serious than previously reported. According to a person with knowledge of Woods’ hospital admission, the star golfer had to be admitted directly to the hospital’s intensive care unit, where he was immediately intubated and his breathing stabilized.
Also, there’s clarification about the police interview with Woods’ neighbors, who called 911. At the time of the 911 call, neighbor Jarius Lavar Adams told dispatchers that Woods was asleep on the lawn, snoring. “Although the body can snore in any state of unconsciousness, it’s unlikely he was snoring,” said the source. “That was the sound of an airway that wasn’t stable. That’s part of the reason there was an intubation when he got to the hospital.”
After Woods underwent treatment, he was extubated, then immediately released home. One physician from the hospital said that discharging a patient directly to his home after being admitted to the ICU was “highly unusual.” The doctor, who did not treat Woods, said standard protocol “usually involves some sort of step-down — if your condition is serious enough to be admitted to ICU, you don’t go straight home. It points to some extreme privacy measures being taken for that decision to be made.”
Earlier Monday, a report from the Florida state Attorney’s office showed there was a request made for an investigative subpoena that would request blood results from Health Central Hospital. The request, which was ultimately denied, quotes a witness at the scene as saying Woods drank alcohol earlier in the day and was prescribed Ambien and Vicodin, and that impairment was suspected because of the careless driving that resulted in the crash.
Tiger on Oprah?
The possibility of Woods using “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a platform for a mea culpa does exist, but Angela DePaul, a representative from Harpo, says that “nothing is confirmed.” DePaul confirmed that producers of the show have reached out to Woods, but “Ms. Winfrey has not.”
Jesse James’ custody battle
Jesse James and his wife, Sandra Bullock, won't be spending Christmas with Jesse’s daughter, Sunny, after a judge ruled in favor of Jesse’s ex-wife (and Sunny’s mother) Janine Lindemulder, during a hearing in an Orange County, Calif., court today.
“Jesse sat quietly in court and let his lawyer to do the talking, while his ex represented herself,” an eyewitness told Life & Style. “She was told she could pick up Sunny at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and return her by 6 p.m. the next day, but her husband, Jeremy Aikman, a two-time felon, won’t be allowed to be there.”
Bullock, who did not attend the hearing, has been helping her husband raise Sunny, 5, since January, when Lindemulder was imprisoned for tax evasion. Since her release, Lindemulder has been involved in a bitter custody battle with James and has faced accusations of being an unfit mother. The battle for a permanent custody arrangement for Sunny continues.
‘Grey’s’ star helps troops
Kevin McKidd takes his “Grey’s Anatomy” role of Dr. Owen Hunt, a former Army trauma surgeon recently back from Iraq and suffering from PTSD, to heart. McKidd and his wife Jane on Saturday headed to The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., and volunteered with charity organization For The Troops, where he and other volunteers signed hundreds of cards provided by CardsDirect.com. They’ll be sent in time for the holidays to active duty soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Anthony Bourdain’s hangover cure
As we head into the full swing of the holiday season, who better to turn to for a hangover cure than reformed bad-boy chef, Anthony Bourdain. (Note: This column does not endorse any recommendation that might be illegal without a prescription. You’ll know what I mean.) Bourdain tells Men’s Journal, “I have never found a better (cure for a hangover), I regret to say, than Coca-Cola, a joint, and some really spicy food. I’m a big believer in spicy.”
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