Bret Michaels Condition Update: Improving, Might be Back in Action Soon
Doctors attending to the 47 year old rockstar say that the former Poison frontman might get fit to appear on the NBC reality series’ live final on May 23.
The star has been admitted in Intensive Care Unit after suffering from a brain hemorrhage last week.
"If all the studies he had done show no evidence of an aneurysm being found, it would really just depend on his energy level," said Dr. Ronald Benitez, director of cerebrovascular surgery at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J. Michael was taken to an undisclosed hospital last week after complaining of severe headache. Tests revealed that he had a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which leads to bleeding in the fluid filled spaces around the base of the brain though the cause of the bleeding is yet to be ascertained.
"Bret remains in critical condition in ICU under 24-hour supervision by doctors and medical staff," said a statement first posted Thursday on Michael's website by his tour manager, Janna Elias. "If a patient survives the initial rupture, the first seven to 10 days after are the most critical as an additional rupture or other complications may arise."
As per the statement , doctors are treating the rockstar for hyponatremia, a condition that leads to brain hemorrhage due to lack of sodium. A press conference of the doctors attending to him will be held on Tuesday.
Dr. Paul Vespa, Director of neurocritical care at the University of California said that in this type of hemorrhage a person can recover within a few weeks if everything else goes well. There could be a few complications like short term memory loss, lack of power of concentration etc might be there initially, no severe impacts are likely to happen.
The future of the third season of ‘The Celebrity Apprentice” is in jeopardy due to Michaels’ medical condition. Last fall a major part of ‘The Celebrity Aprpentice”has already shot in framce. However, as per the rule of the show the two finalists need to debate against each other but Michael’s scheduled appearances have been postponed till May 21 due to his illness.
