Bret Michaels remains in critical condition -Poison singer in ICU for brain haemorraging.

TMZ reported Saturday that Ambre Lake, the Season 2 winner of Bret Michaels' Rock of Love reality show talked to people who close to Bret who said he is conscious and in good spirits after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

At this point Bret remains in ICU in critical condition. He is under 24 hour doctors care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc. will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal."


POISON FRONT MAN Bret Michaels, known to a new generation for the reality shows "Rock of Love" and "Celebrity Apprentice" (on now, but taped months ago), was still listed in critical condition yesterday, Reuters reported, but he was conscious.

His speech, however, was slurred, according to his publicist.

Michaels was taken to an undisclosed hospital Friday after a complaining of a terrible headache. Doctors said he had suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage, or bleeding at the base of his brain stem.

Yesterday, doctors had yet to determine the source of the bleeding.

"Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete, the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc., will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal," a statement from his publicist said.

Just last week, Michaels had an emergency appendectomy at a private-care facility for diabetics after complaining of stomach pains before he was to perform at Sea World in San Antonio. He later wrote on his Web site that though the surgery "has taken its toll," doctors expected him to make a full recovery.

UPDATE: But Bret's rep posted a note on the rocker's Web site on Sunday saying, "Everyone at Michaels Entertainment would like to thank all fans and friends for their continued thoughts and prayers through this difficult time.

At this point Bret remains in ICU in critical condition. He is under 24 hour doctors care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc. will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal."

RadarOnline reports that Bret's father, Wally Sychak talked to his son on the phone on Friday, and Bret is doing well, but is still in intensive care. "He sounded upbeat and positive but they had him sedated," Sychak told Radar. "But he's doing good. He sounded like my son."

On Wednesday, before he was hospitalized, Michaels told fans he was "not 100%."