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>> larry: were back. rikki, has the band poison remained close over the years? >> well, weve had our ups and downs, but i think when something like this happens, you know, things that really matter, you come together. you know bret and i have a lot of things in common. one of the biggest things we have in common is that were both fathers. he has two daughters i have a 10-month-old son and all of a sudden when youre facing death, things change. you know, you -- you become a little bit more of a f...

Then theres really nothing wrong with the blood vessels. as a mentioned about 10% of the time we miss an aneurysm or some other problem with the blood vessels on the first set of studies, but if we do this delayed second set of studies seven days out and its negative, at that point we downgraded his condition from critical to stabile. >> larry: pete, would you say bret is an upbeat kind of guy? >> absolutely. you know when you meet bret michaels under whatever circumstances you meet him youre in...

Michaels scan. and you can see the difference immediately between the two scans, in the center of the scan on the right theres an extensive area of white. and that white is the actual clotted blood that escaped from the vessels and the source of his hemorrhage. >> larry: do we know the cause? >> no, we really dont know the cause of his hemorrhage. and this is one of those rare situations where its not bad that we cant identify the cause. about 15% to 20% of the about 15% to 20% of the patients a...

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Being treated for a massive brain hemorrhage. the rock and reality tv star has several weeks of recovery ahead of him. he told "people" magazine, im lucky to be alive. were joined by pete edwick, pete is the lead guitarist for the bret michaels band. tour manager for bret michaels. hes been in phoenix with bret since the brain hemorrhage occurred. this is his first tv interview about what happened to bret. dr. joseph zabransky, is chief of sero vascular surgery at barrow neurologcam institute he...

>> larry: pete, bret says that when he went to the emergency room he felt like someone shot him in the back of the head. were you with him then, or did he describe it to you shortshor >> thereafter. >> nef no, sir i wasnt with him but i was on the east coast. i was on my way out to finish our new record when this all happened. he did describe it to me and the look in his eyes was -- was pretty amazing and scary. you know he -- he was very aware that something was incredibly wrong. and that he co...

Initially and once we were able to rule out the fact that he did not have an aneurysm or other problems affecting the blood vessels, we were able to downgrade his condition and release him. right now hes continuing, although hes doing well mentally, hes suffering a great deal with the effects of the hemorrhage. ive mentioned before that there was blood released around the brainstem. and this blood is now dissolving. that blood did its job initially. it formed the clot around the brainstem and it...

Seven days out and its negative, at that point we downgraded his condition from critical to stabile. >> larry: pete, would you say bret is an upbeat kind of guy? >> absolutely. you know when you meet bret michaels under whatever circumstances you meet him youre instantly -- youre instantly drawn to the fact that he lives every day like ive said before like its his first and its his last. he has no room for lainess or any kind of just dragging your feet around. bret is a very upbeat guy. take the...

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>> larry: were back. rikki, has the band poison remained close over the years? >> well, weve had our ups and downs, but i think when something like this happens, you know, things that really matter, you come together. you know bret and i have a lot of things in common. one of the biggest things we have in common is that were both fathers. he has two daughters i have a 10-month-old son and all of a sudden when youre facing death, things change. you know, you -- you become a little bit more of a f...