Oh no, we hope Bret Michaels feels better soon!
The singer has been hospitalized six times over the course of two weeks after he had kidney surgery — and it was all because he wanted to continue performing for his fans.
[ Photos: Major Celeb Health Scares! ]
According to his friend and longtime guitarist Pete Evick, Bret went against his doctor’s wishes and continued to show up and perform at scheduled events.
This happened right after the singer got surgery to put two stents into his body.
Pete explained on Bret’s website, writing:
“Over the last two weeks Bret was in and out of 6 hospitals throughout the Midwest. Including the incredible Mercy Hospital of Northwest Arkansas. The staff and doctors were unbelievable and took incredible care of Bret. The fans and venues have been amazing and their support unprecedented. Bret continues to be steadfast in his dedication to bring the music to the people. He truly has to be held down to not perform.”
Wow. The story gets even crazier.
The longtime guitarist continued to share what he saw when Bret went on stage to perform, despite the amount of pain he must’ve been in following surgery.
Pete writes:
“He spent the evening in the hospital and they had to put two stents in his body. He managed to bust out of the hospital and get to Memphis just minutes before our scheduled performance time to a huge crowd at our tailgate concert on Halloween night for the Memphis Tigers. Truthfully, I was even shocked and asked him not to do this. But no, Bret insisted that the fans come first even though he could barely even say that to me because he was hurting so much.
Then show time came and Bret hit the stage and the show went off flawlessly. Now to me who’s been by his side for ten years, I notice a little less “motion”. He wasn’t jumping up in the air like usual, but he still did what I guarantee nobody in half the pain he was could have done. Before I could even see if he was okay his bus pulled out and he was off again to another hospital. Certain that the next show in Knoxville wouldn’t happen on Saturday, I prepared to make the calls and post the info needed. To my surprise, I was again informed he was on his way. What? Are you kidding me? I’ve joked that he will die on that stage, but please not tonight. This time I actually begged him not to do this. We had a sold out show and he wasn’t gonna let the fans down. This argument when on for an hour├óΓé¼┬ªI lost.
This time it went real bad. During the show he gave 100 percent, but he hurt himself. Jumping around with two stents was a bad idea. I can’t explain the amount of blood or where it came from, but it was horrifying on his bus after the show. Bret looked at me and said, ‘Just head to Champaign, we have to make Thursday’s show up.'”
This isn’t the first time Bret powered through a performance all while having medical issues.
Earlier this year, the rock star experienced a super scary diabetes emergency in the middle of a show in Manchester, New Hampshire.
[ Related: Bret Michaels Suffers A Medical Emergency On Stage! ]
While we totally get not wanting to disappoint your fans, we’re pretty sure they’ll understand if you’re having a medical emergency, Bret!
It’s time to take it slow and focus on your health! Get some rest and we genuinely hope you get better soon!
You can read the whole story HERE.
[Image via Pacific Coast News.]
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