Singer Bret Michaels’ fought to stay conscious when he suffered a brain hemorrhage, so his family wouldn’t find him lying sprawled on the floor, and that action probably saved the blond singer’s life, according to his doctor in Arizona. http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/bret-michaels/representatives-confirm-michaels-is-being-treated-at-barrow-neurological-institu/390848012569
But Michaels is still in serious condition, according to his physican.
Michaels’ camp Friday night on Facebook finally disclosed exactly where the Poison frontman is hospitalized and being treated: the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. Barrow is a leading neurological center, as well as home of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. http://www.thebarrow.org/About_Barrow/About_the_Institute/index.htm
Michaels’ neurologists and neurosurgeons will hold a press conference Tuesday to dicuss his condition, treatment and prognosis.
Michaels’ Facebook page, which notes that the singer appears in People Magazine’s World’s Most Beautiful People of 2010 Issue this week, said with his subarachnoid hemorrhage was such a life-threatening condition, and out of respect for his family, his location was kept secret.
There is a seven to 10 day perod “that is extremely critical in which multiple tests are conducted to detect the source of the bleeding,” the Facebook pages says.
“There is no doubt that Mr. Michaels’ condition is serious,” said Dr. Joseph Zabamski, who has been a top neurosurgeon at Barrow since 1986, serves as the Chief of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Director of Clinical Neurosurgical Research, and is leading Michaels’ team.
” We are treating the subarachnoid hemorrhage, which caused his severe cranial pain,” Zabamski said on the Facebook update. “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.”
But the doctor added, “Bret’s sheer will to live and fully recover is undeniable. He has an unbelievable fight in him and told me what kept him alive at the moment of the hemorrhage was that he did not want his family to wake up and see him lying unconscious in the middle of the floor. It was a combination of Bret’s fight to stay conscious during the hemorrhage and get to the emergency room, and the immediate medical attention provided by our staff at Barrow that enabled us to stabilize his condition.”
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, Barrow neurologists and neurosurgeons will hold a press conference to offer an update on his condition, treatment and prognosis in full detail.
