(WJW) – Bindi Irwin, Australian television personality and the daughter of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, is recovering in the hospital after undergoing surgery Monday.
She posted a video after surgery on Instagram, saying “after many months of a grumbly appendix,” the zookeeper and conservationist had her appendix removed at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
As reported by People, the 26-year-old’s brother, Robert Irwin, said during the annual Steve Irwin Gala on Saturday that his sister would be missing the Las Vegas event because her appendix had ruptured.
In the Monday update, Bindi told fans the 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),” she continued on the post. “I also had to repair a large hernia I acquired through childbirth four years ago.”
Bindi said she’s now on the road to recovery.
“I just wanted to thank you so much for your well-wishes,” she said in the video from the hospital bed. “Thank you guys for your kind words and support. I’m sorry if I’m a little out of it in this video, but I just wanted you to know that I’m on the road to recovery one step at a time.”
Loved ones took to the comments to show their support.
“Stay strong Bindi! Love you!” her brother wrote.
“Strongest person I know,” her husband, Chandler Powell, added.
The “Crickey! It’s The Irwins” star has been opening up about her health for years. In 2023, as Nexstar’s WJW previously reported, Bindi described undergoing treatment for endometriosis as “a second chance at life.”
