Joan Rivers being brought out of medically induced coma as family considers lawsuit over botched procedure: sources

The comedian's only child, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement Sunday that she is keeping her 'fingers crossed.' A source tells the Daily News that there is a concern that Joan Rivers' motor skills may be compromised, 'leaving her as either a vegetable or in a wheelchair.' Another source says the family is mulling legal action over the procedure that sent Rivers into cardiac and respiratory arrest: 'They are looking for someone to blame.'

BY Eli Rosenberg , Bill Hutchinson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Published: Sunday, August 31, 2014, 8:36 PM / Updated: Monday, September 1, 2014, 3:03 AM

Joan Rivers’ daughter is keeping her “fingers crossed” for a miracle to bring the 81-year-old comedic legend back from the brink — even as the family considers legal action over the botched procedure that caused her collapse.

Doctors began lifting the feisty funny lady from her medically induced coma Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital as Melissa Rivers, her only child, waited to see how the legendary comic will respond.

“The waking-up process has begun and will take until Tuesday,” a source close to the family told the Daily News. “There is real concern that the part of the brain that controls motor skills may have been compromised, leaving her as either a vegetable or in a wheelchair.”

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I'm just thinking out loud here, but this situation strikes me as being too coincidental since it's happening not long after Rivers made these remarks: