Bindi Irwin Misses Steve Irwin Gala Attributable to Sudden Medical Emergency

Bindi Irwin was pressured to overlook the annual Steve Irwin Gala this 12 months, along with her brother Robert Irwin revealing that she is within the midst of a well being emergency.

On the occasion in Las Vegas on Saturday, Might 10, Robert, 21, shared that his older sister, 26, was present process surgical procedure after her appendix ruptured.

“She’s going to be OK, however surgical procedure — out of all of the issues we have been prepared for, that was not one in every of them,” Robert completely tells PEOPLE, including that their mom, Terri Irwin, 60, would even be lacking the gala — held in honor of late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin — to assist Bindi throughout her restoration.

“She’s simply come out the opposite aspect of endometriosis and now the appendix goes,” the Crikey! It’s the Irwins star continues, including, “Well being is so necessary — it truly is.”

“Bindi has change into an unbelievable advocate for girls’s well being, notably, and I feel it’s actually necessary to prioritize getting assist,” Robert tells PEOPLE of his elder sister.

Bindi first revealed her endometriosis analysis on Instagram in March 2023, earlier than opening up in additional element about her well being journey in a PEOPLE cowl story in August that 12 months. The next Might, Bindi turned the primary worldwide determine to obtain the 2024 EndoFound Blossom Award at EndoFound’s twelfth Annual Blossom Ball in New York Metropolis.

Robert tells PEOPLE that Bindi was initially decided to nonetheless come to Saturday’s gala.

“She got here to Las Vegas and was prepared to return to the gala, placed on a courageous face in numerous discomfort and numerous ache and stated, ‘Nope, I’m simply going to powerful it out, I’m going to go for it,’ ” Robert says. “However the surgeon stated, ‘No, your appendix goes. That factor’s gotta come out.’ Well being has to return first.”

“She’s very unhappy. She’s devastated that she and Mother can’t be right here, however I do know she’ll make a speedy restoration,” he provides.

In response to the Mayo Clinic, appendicitis is an irritation of the appendix that usually ends in a affected person needing to have their appendix surgically eliminated. A burst appendix, additionally referred to as a ruptured appendix, spreads an infection all through the stomach and might typically be life-threatening.

Simply someday previous to the gala, Bindi shared new photographs on Instagram of herself along with her mother and brother in Las Vegas as they ready to attend the gala in honor of her late father.

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“Khaki by day — Bellagio stylish by evening! ✨ Right here in #LasVegas for the #SteveIrwinGala elevating funds and consciousness for Wildlife Warriors,” Bindi, 26, wrote within the caption. “Supporting conservation and remembering Dad’s extraordinary legacy. Monumental gratitude to everybody on your assist as we proceed to do all that we are able to to guard wildlife and wild locations for the longer term generations.”

Again in February, Bindi gave one other replace on her well being after greater than 10 years of “being actually, actually sick” earlier than she was recognized with endometriosis.

Whereas talking on the Feb. 3 episode of the A Lifetime of Greatness podcast with host Sarah Grynberg, she recalled coping with hidden well being points for greater than a decade.

“The one those that knew that I used to be extremely unwell … my husband, my mother and my brother, and behind closed doorways I used to be struggling to do something and every part,” Bindi stated on the time, referencing her mother, brother and husband Chandler Powell, 28, with whom she shares 3-year-old daughter Grace.

She stated endometriosis “is a gigantic downside for therefore many individuals and it isn’t being talked about rather a lot.”

“I went for 10 years undiagnosed as a result of medical doctors actually did not know sufficient, they recognized me with 1,000,000 different issues, like IBS, or hormones or ‘It is simply a part of being a girl,’ ” she shared. “The signs continued to snowball, and it took me such a very long time to seek out assist and it’s a narrative that so many ladies and women know all too nicely.”

Elsewhere within the podcast dialog, Bindi stated: “I’m so grateful to be on the opposite aspect of surgical procedure. There’s no treatment for endometriosis, however should you’re capable of get surgical procedure you have got a greater shot at life. Perhaps in 5 of 10 years, I’ll need to get one other surgical procedure, however for now, it is all gone, which I am very grateful for.”