I will be the first to admit I'm a cynic, but I'm starting to wonder a little bit when I hear the Trumpster start bragging about ratings, and now a huge summer tour for Bret that he may miraculously be well enough to participate in...When this first happened they said most people don't even live long enough to make it to the hospital, and brain damage is common...Could this have been
exaggerated a little bit, maybe?? Not that Donald would
ever be involved in such a thing...
Bret Michaels expected to make full recovery, maybe in time for “Celebrity Apprentice” finale
Bret Michaels’ doctor expects the rocker to make a full recovery, according to the Associated Press.
The 47-year-old’s will to live is “undeniable,” said Dr. Joseph Zabramski, chief of cerebrovascular surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, who has been leading the team treating Michaels since he suffered a brain hemorrhage last week.
“Mr. Michaels will continue to undergo testing considering we have hit a few roadblocks, including hyponatremia, severe cranial and back pain suffered from blood drainage, an emergency appendectomy performed a week earlier and a lifelong history of Type 1 diabetes,” Zabramski said in a statement released Friday by Michaels’ publicist, Joann Mignano.
Doctors said “The Celebrity Apprentice” contestant might even be well enough to attend the reality show’s live season finale later this month.
The former Poison frontman, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 6 and underwent an emergency appendectomy April 12, was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital last week with a severe headache.
He was later diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which causes bleeding in the fluid-filled spaces around the base of the brain. The cause of the hemorrhage is still unknown.
“There is no doubt that Mr. Michaels’ condition is serious,” Zabramski added.
He said Michaels, who has two daughters – Raine Elizabeth, 9, and Jorja Bleu, 4 – “did not want his family to wake up and see him lying unconscious in the middle of the floor.” He also said immediate medical attention and Michaels’ “fight to stay conscious during the hemorrhage” enabled doctors to stabilize his condition.
Other doctors said it is possible that Michaels could be healthy enough to appear on “The Celebrity Apprentice” live finale May 23. He is one of seven contestants remaining on Donald Trump’s competitive reality series.
“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 New Jersey. “If all the tests were negative, and I was watching the show at the end of May, I personally wouldn’t be surprised if he was on it.”
Michaels already filmed most of “The Celebrity Apprentice” last fall. However, the finale requires the last two contestants to debate against each other live in front of Trump. If Michaels ascends to the final showdown, it would be unprecedented in “The Apprentice” franchise history if he is not present to defend himself in the boardroom.
“We’ve never been confronted with anything like this,” Trump told Matt Lauer on NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday. “He is still in the show.
He’s doing really, really well, and all of sudden … I can’t imagine. It’s going to be live for two hours, and it’s going to be in four weeks. I can’t imagine he’s going to be on the finale, but he very well might be.”
However, in a March interview, Michaels told me fans who wanted to see him on the show should tune in early, which would seem to indicate he won’t advance to the finale on the charity contest.
“They didn’t expect much from me, which was my blessing. My curse is that I run on rocker time, which was a little different than Mr. Trump’s normal time. Let’s just say I run on a little different time period, my timing wasn’t my good thing, my strong point,” Michaels said in the phone interview.
“Let me tell you my strong point, my creativity and my never-say-die drive. Like you know what I mean, it takes a lot to knock me down.”
Whether he’s fired or hired by Trump during the May 23 finale or told “You’re fired” in an earlier installment, Michaels’ representatives are still giving his music fans something to believe in, according to the AP. His appearances scheduled through May 21 have already been postponed, including an April 16 performance at Lucky Star Casino in Concho.
But
Michaels’ other concert dates, including his summer tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd, are set to go ahead as scheduled.
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He was at one time a very good athlete, believe it or not...
I haven't seen the full video, but maybe CNN or Hulu- I doubt YouTube would have it all, maybe some clips...CNN also may have the full transcript...
