Hey PopCrunchers, rock icon and reality star Bret Michaels could use our well wishes. Bret was admitted to the intensive care unit of a San Antonio hospital late Thursday after falling ill with a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, or in layman’s terms “bleeding at the base of the brain stem.”
Oh no…..
Michaels, 47, was rushed the hospital complaining of a very severe headache. Insiders tell PEOPLE the former Rock of Love 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 star tells PEOPLE Magazine.
The rocker — who suffers from Type I diabetes — underwent an emergency appendectomy in a Texas hospital on April 12. He was released to a diabetic treatment center on Wednesday, where doctors expected him to make a full recovery.
Sadly, that’s proven not to be the case.
Earlier this week, Bret hit up his blog with a light-hearted and encouraging update on his recovery:
“I’ve been spending my time in the hospital watching ‘Modern Family.’ It is the best new comedy out there,” he wrote on April 17. “And yes there are hot nurses taking care of me, in case you were curious. I mean, come on, every man has the nurse fantasy don’t they?” Bret continued.
“I have played concerts with broken bones, extremely low blood sugars, the flu, colds, and all kinds of things before. I tend to try to perform at all costs. But, I knew I was really sick this time when I started throwing up that morning and didn’t stop all day. I just didn’t realize how bad it was. After the [surgery], they told me that if I had gone onstage like I wanted to, it likely would have ruptured and I could have died. Not good.”
Oh dear — this doesn’t sound good. We sure hope Bret pulls through. Please keep him in your thoughts….