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Appendectomy a week before. the two at all joined together? any leading one to the other? >> no, i dont believe they were directly related to each other. the problem is that you know, he was still recovering from the appendectomy. and then he has this second insult, you know, another major insult to his body. and ends up back in the hospital, critically ill. you know, this is -- this is a lot to ask for anyone. >> larry: pete, whats the story with the career now? >> as far as -- i mean, bret has...

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 stopped the bleeding but now -- but now that the bleedings completely stopped the blood is breaking down, and this -- when ...

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 head of the medical team that treated bret and quite an occupation. and rikki rockett, longtime friend. drummer of the ba...

The problem is that you know, he was still recovering from the appendectomy. and then he has this second insult, you know, another major insult to his body. and ends up back in the hospital, critically ill. you know, this is -- this is a lot to ask for anyone. >> larry: pete, whats the story with the career now? >> as far as -- i mean, bret has every intention of continue on as anybodys ever known him that thats his life and its his passion. you know rikki can tell you poison is looking forward ...