Bret Michaels has 'great will to live'

Bret Michaels's doctor has said that the rocker's "will to live... is undeniable".

However, while the Celebrity Apprentice star's condition is improving, he still has a long way to go, according to Entertainment Weekly.

"There is no doubt that Mr Michaels’s condition is serious. We are treating the subarachnoid haemorrhage, which caused his severe cranial pain," said Dr Joseph M Zabramski.

"Mr Michaels will continue to undergo testing considering we have hit a few roadblocks including hyponatremia, severe cranial and back pain suffered from blood drainage, an emergency appendectomy performed a week earlier and a lifelong history of Type 1 Diabetes. However, Bret's sheer will to live and fully recover is undeniable. He has an unbelievable fight in him and told me what kept him alive at the moment of the haemorrhage was that he ‘did not want his family to wake up and see him lying unconscious in the middle of the floor'."

The physician also revealed that it was the former Poison frontman's fight to live that helped to save his life.

"It was a combination of Bret’s fight to stay conscious during the haemorrhage and get to the emergency room, and the immediate medical attention provided by our staff at Barrow that enabled us to stabilize his condition.”