Nurse Says Michael Begged for Sedative
A former nurse for Michael Jackson, one of many people that I am sure will be flocking to the nearest news channel to give their accounts on his life, says that she refused to give him a power sedative after he pleaded to be “knocked out.”
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse and nutritionist tells ABC News that Michael asked her to help him obtain Diprivan, a sedative used mostly in hospitals just a few months ago.
Lee said during the call from a Jackson staffer, she heard Jackson in the background “He said ‘Find me an anesthesiologist, I don’t care how much money they want, find me an anesthesiologist to be with me here overnight and give me this IV.’”
Jackson, Lee said, said he was in extreme discomfort, was desperate for sleep and said that one side of his body was hot and the other side was cold.
Lee said wasn’t familiar with the drug when he first asked for it three months ago, but, after consulting with a doctor, warned Jackson it could kill him.
“‘I look at you Michael and I’ve been around you long enough now, I love you as family. I would not give this to anyone,’” Lee said she told Jackson. “I said, ‘This is not a safe medicine, please don’t take this.’”
Lee said Jackson had often complained of not being able to sleep more than a few hours at a time and the man who would often watch Donald Duck cartoons in bed, trying to sleep. “‘The problem with you telling me you want to be knocked out,’” She says she told him, is “‘you might not wake up the next morning. You don’t want that.’”
She also went on the give details on his child-like lifestyle, watching cartoons in bed until he fell asleep.
I really do believe that Michael Jackson was dealing with a lot of physical issues, espically after performing for so many years, with prescription drugs and was clearly using them abusively. Just sad that he didn’t have people around him to intervene sooner.
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