Center's intensive-care unit in Los Angeles last week after he began
bleeding from the throat. Report from TMZ below..
Val Kilmer's family believes the actor is killing himself by
notdealing with a serious tumor ... because of his religious
beliefs.TMZ broke the story ...Valwas rushed to the hospital Monday
night after he started bleeding from the throat. Doctors at UCLA
Medical Center, Santa Monica operated immediately and found a tumor.
We're told the surgery was invasive ... they needed to enlarge a path
to facilitate breathing.
Family members tell TMZ ... Val has known about the tumor since
Summer. He had trouble speaking and his neck swelled to the point he
covered it up with scarves and other clothing items.The family members
say they urged Val to seek treatment but he would have none of it
because of his Christian Science beliefs. They say he shunned medical
treatment and anyone who persisted got cut out of his life.Christian
Science followers generally believe prayer heals, not medical
treatment.
The family says Val would never confess to pain because it was an
admission that prayer didn't work, but when hestarted coughing up
blood Mondayhis options ran out.The family is hopeful because Val
seems somewhat more receptive to treatment.
We reached out to the Christian Science Church ... so far no word back.
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