Poison frontman Bret Michaels was released from an Arizona hospital Friday after suffering a “warning stroke” Thursday evening, OK! Magazine reported.
Michaels, 47, was apparently suffering numbness on the left side of his body Thursday and went to get checked out. After a series of tests, doctors concluded that Michaels had suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack, or a warning stroke.
During testing, doctors also found a Patent Forum Ovale, commonly known as a hole in the heart.
Michaels previously said he would attend the Sunday finale of “Celebrity Apprentice” and his rep told E! News that he will indeed appear as planned on this weekend’s live finale
Micahels will continue to receive outpatient care, according to his doctor.
“I realize Bret wants to make a full recovery so that he can be active with his family, attempt to attend the finale of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and especially get back on the road to continue making music. Without a doubt he is very determined to get healthy and make a 100% recovery…Bret’s brain and body are not quite 100% yet, especially with the hole found in his heart,” Dr. Zabramski of St. Joseph’s Hospital’s Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona wrote.
Michaels has been fighting illness since he was admitted to hospital with a brain hemorrhage on April 21.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine he admitted he was channel surfing between “Busty Cops 3” and sports when he was hit with the life-threatening hemorrhage and spent two weeks in an Arizona hospital.
“I was going back and forth from SportsCenter to Busty Cops 3,” Michaels, 47, said.
Micahels is competing on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” for the title and a $250,000 prize for his charity, the American Diabetes Association. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child.
He was also expected to return to the stage with a show on May 28 at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, Miss., followed by a tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd kicking off June 10 in West Palm Beach, Florida.