Bret Michaels getting outpatient care

The rocker suffered a 'warning stroke,' his website says

May 21, 2010 at 2:25PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Update: Bret Michaels is receiving outpatient care after being hospitalized for a 'warning stroke.' HIs publicist gave no other details Friday in an e-mail to the Associated Press.

Doctors have said the condition is operable and unrelated to the brain hemorrhage he suffered last month.

Rocker and "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Bret Michaels is back in the hospital after suffering what his website describes as a "warning stroke."

Michaels: "In good spirits"
Michaels: "In good spirits" (ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The site says Michaels was readmitted to the hospital with numbness on the left side of his body, primarily in his face and hands, which doctors called a transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke. Tests also found a hole in his heart.

The setback to his recovery from a brain hemorrhage late last month puts his appearance on Sunday's "Celebrity Apprentice" finale in doubt. He was set to compete against Holly Robinson Peete in a bid to win the $250,000 grand prize for his charity, the American Diabetes Association.

The rocker's rep said on the site that Michaels is "in good spirits, great medical hands and is positive and hopeful that everything is going to be OK." The Poison singer had appeared on "Oprah" Wednesday in an interview taped before his latest hospitalization.

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