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"Poison fans take heart!\r\nAfter undergoing a procedure to repair a hole in his heart on January 24, Bret Michaels, 47, was released from St. Joseph&amp;apos;s Hospital in Phoenix today.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Bret&amp;apos;s procedure had excellent results,&amp;quot; Dr. Mansour Assar said. &amp;quot;Because of the successful out come and Bret&amp;apos;s determination, I believe he will be able to return to normal activity within weeks.&amp;quot;\r\nThough the potentially dangerous condition, known as Patent Foramen Ovale, had been present since birth, it was only the Rock of Love star was treated for a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in April.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\nLast month Michaels proposed to longtime girlfriend Kristi Gibson, 39, &amp;#xA0;the mother of his daughters Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5.\r\n&amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s been very patient and strong,&amp;quot; Michaels told UsMagazine.com about Gibson, who saw him through his health problems. &amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;It just made our bond for each other that much stronger. It gave us a bond that&amp;apos;s unbreakable.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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