Posted on 04/23/2010 4:11:40 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Two weeks removed from an emergency appendectomy, Bret Michaels was rushed to the hospital on Thursday night where it was discovered the rocker had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, a rep for the rocker confirmed to Access Hollywood.
The 47-year-old "Rock of Love" and "Celebrity Apprentice" reality star is currently listed in critical condition.
"After several CAT scans, MRIs and an angiogram, [doctors] decided to keep Michaels in the ICU and are running several tests to determine the cause. [It] will be touch and go for the next few days while he is under intense observation," a source close to the situation told People.
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A brain bleed is bad BAD news. Even if he lives, he will never be the same. To be honest with you, I would never expect him to be lucid again. Having said that, miracles do happen. Prayers for him and his family.
Great news according to TMZ
Bret Michaels — Stabilized
Originally posted 5 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
0423_brett_michaels_EX_TMZ_01Bret Michaels is awake, in good spirits and talking ... TMZ has learned.
Ambre Lake, the Season 2 winner of “Rock of Love,” tells TMZ she’s spoken with people who are with Bret who say he’s stabilized and conscious.
Lake’s tale matches another contestant who has also spoken with Bret’s bandmates.
We’re told the next 24 to 48 hours are critical — Bret will be closely monitored.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0lyLjHK4q
Prayers for Bret. Hope he gets through this. I am really liking him on Celebrity Apprentice hoping he wins it.
Good News!!!
Prayers up for this decent man and a devoted family man.
For those that like the band Poison.
Talk Dirty to Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rKHeN69r_M
Nothing but a Good Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JRs28-O4CY&feature=channel
Every Rose Has It’s Thorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIKPGVTwEY&feature=channel
Something to Believe In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe71zCA5xFQ&feature=related
Fallen Angel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdlEMmAFfIM&feature=related
UnSkinny Bop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS-tVp4SK3o&feature=related
Hopefully he hasn’t sustained any long-term neurological damage.
I wasn’t a fan of Poison, but I hope he can pull through. He seemed to clean up his act in recent years and become a nice thoughtful person. Didn’t he form and tour with a country band in recent years? I think he did. He’s doing some TV stuff and tours with a country band.
Ping!
Still be very cautious.
From the brain aneurysm foundation:
“When a brain aneurysm ruptures, it causes bleeding into the compartment surrounding the brain, the subarachnoid space, causing a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Often the aneurysm heals over, bleeding stops, and the person survives. In more serious cases, the bleeding may cause brain damage with paralysis or coma. In the most severe cases the bleeding leads to death.
Statistics
50% of those people die within minutes of a massive hemorrhage. Of the 50% who survive, half will suffer delayed death. The remaining survivors, depending upon the level of hemorrhage, usually live with severe long-term deficits.”
So prayers are warranted. Expect the worst, and hope for the best.
Two words: Hyperbaric Oxygen
I hope he will be OK, never knew him before, but I’ve been watching him on celeb apprentice and he seems like a sweet guy.
My dad was a diabetic, so I feel for him
poor feller...my daughter (21) loves him
Actually, Bret did have his wild period — not sure about drugs, but definitely drinking— which is not good for diabetics. But he had cleaned up in recent years. And I’ve heard that he has done some things for our troops; so whatever his politics, he ain’t all that bad.
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