A frantic phone call received from Michael Jackson four days before his death made Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional counseling, suspect that the singer had taken the anesthetic drug Diprivan (Propofol) to be able to sleep.

Over the recent months, Jackson had been suffering from persistent insomnia, making him beg for the powerful sedative from the nurse. She declined his demands each time, knowing fully well that Diprivan can be harmful and is administered only by a doctor through intravenous means.

Based on the phone call Lee received on the Sunday before Jackson’s death, she knew something was terribly wrong with the pop star. She says, “At that point I knew that somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system. He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out.”

There is indication that Jackson had been administered with Diprivan at least once before. Jackson allegedly told her once, “I had an IV and when it hit my vein, I was sleeping. That’s what I want.”

Also, according to Lee, Jackson trusted the drug and believed his doctor that assured him it was safe. “No, my doctor said it’s safe. It works quick and it’s safe as long as somebody’s here to monitor me and wake me up. It’s going be OK,” Lee quoted Jackson’s words to her.

Lee further observed, “He wasn’t looking to get high or feel good and sedated from drugs. This was a person who was not on drugs. This was a person who was seeking help, desperately, to get some sleep, to get some rest.”

Jackson was rehearsing hard for what would have been his final concert series. At 50 years old, many doubted that he could last all the number of shows slated for performance. He had also been ‘in pain since 1984 when his scalp was severely burned during a Pepsi commercial shoot.’

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Via Fox News