LOS ANGELES — Rocker and reality star Bret Michaels remains in critical condition after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage late Thursday that has doctors puzzled.
"At this point Bret remains in ICU in critical condition," his rep said Sunday in an update posted on BretMichaels.com. "He is under 24 hour doctors care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc., will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal."
In a later statement, the Web site promised an update as soon as doctors locate the source of the bleeding in Michaels’s brain.
"As of now Bret remains in ICU under 24 hour surveillance. Further testing this week will help locate the source of the bleeding," read the post. "Please remember Bret is, and always has been, a fighter and survivor and is under the best medical care possible."
The statement also thanked fans for their outpouring of support since the 47-year-old Michaels was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
"We can’t thank everyone enough for all the well wishes and prayers being sent Bret’s way," the statement said.
A source close to the situation tells People that Michaels remains "heavily sedated." In the moments before he was rushed to the hospital, Michaels was suffering a massive headache, which he likened to "[getting] hit in the head with a baseball bat over and over again," the source said.
The brain hemorrhage is the latest setback for Michaels, who is a diabetic. Earlier this month, he underwent an emergency appendectomy in San Antonio after he fell ill just before he was about to take the stage for a concert at SeaWorld.
"I’m feeling right about in the middle right now on a scale of 1 to 10," Michaels wrote last week on his Fancast blog. "I’m not 100% yet, but I’m sure as hell not where I was when it happened. When your appendix ruptures if feels like what it would feel if you’re on the losing end of a knife fight, so it takes a bit to recover from that."
Michaels rose to fame in the ’80s as the frontman of glam-rock band Poison. He has since become a popular reality television figure. In addition to starring on VH1’s Rock of Love, Michaels currently appears on the latest edition of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice.
"I am deeply saddened to hear about Bret Michaels and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family at this time," his Apprentice boss, Donald Trump, said Saturday in a statement. "He’s a great competitor and champion and I hope he will be fine."
American Superstar sends its thoughts and prayers to Bret Michaels for a full and speedy recovery.
For the latest updates on Bret’s condition, visit Bret Michaels News.
