By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 00:59 BST, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 01:06 BST, 13 May 2025

Bindi Irwin has broken her silence after being rushed to hospital in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The conservationist, 26, suffered a ruptured appendix and was raced into surgery just hours after touching down in America for a gala honouring her late father Steve.

She shared a video from her hospital bed to Instagram on Monday and revealed she is on the ‘road to recovery’.

Bindi said her appendix, along with another 14 lesions, were removed.

She also had a large hernia repaired which she got after giving birth to daughter Grace, four, in 2021.

‘I am so thankful that I got the help I needed with Dr. Seckin and Dr. Chu at Lenox Hill Hospital. After many months of a grumbly appendix, I finally had to seek help the day of our Steve Irwin Gala,’ she wrote.

Bindi Irwin has broken her silence after being rushed to hospital in Las Vegas on Saturday

Bindi Irwin has broken her silence after being rushed to hospital in Las Vegas on Saturday

‘After consulting with Dr. Seckin, we agreed that if I flew to New York, he could also check for endometriosis again. Surgery was a success.

‘My appendix was removed, along with another 14 lesions (after having 37 endometriosis lesions and a cyst removed two years ago). I also had a repair to a large hernia I acquired through childbirth four years ago.’

Bindi said she is grateful to be on ‘the road to recovery’ and thanked fans for all their kind messages.

She also praised her brother Robert for hosting the gala and thanked her husband Chandler, daughter Grace and mum Terri for ‘always being there’.

‘And rest assured, I’ll see you at the next Steve Irwin Gala in Brisbane this November. One day at a time. Time to heal now. Sending my love to you all,’ she added.

Robert told People magazine on Saturday that Bindi is recovering after being raced into surgery.

‘She’s going to be okay, but surgery – out of all the things we were ready for, that was not one of them,’ Robert explained.

Terri also missed the event while accompanying her daughter to hospital and staying by her side through surgery.

Robert explained that Bindi had been suffering some pain in the lead up to the gala but had tried to soldier on.

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Bindi Irwin breaks her silence after being hospitalised as doctors make alarming health discovery

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