
Bindi Irwin was compelled to cancel an look at an annual occasion honoring her late father after struggling a well being emergency.
The 26-year-old’s brother Robert Irwin defined that his sister couldn’t attend the annual Steve Irwin Gala—celebrating the Crocodile Hunter’s life and legacy 18 years after his dying—as a result of she was present process surgical procedure after her appendix ruptured.
“She’s going to be OK,” Robert informed People on the Could 10 occasion in Las Vegas, “however surgical procedure, out of all of the issues we have been prepared for, that was not one in every of them.”
Bindi had already traveled to the town—and posted pictures of herself standing with Robert and their mother Terri Irwin by the Bellagio resort’s fountains on Instagram Could 9—earlier than the choice was made to endure the operation and miss the occasion.
“She got here to Las Vegas and was prepared to come back to the gala, placed on a courageous face in numerous discomfort and numerous ache and stated, ‘Nope, I’m simply going to robust it out, I’m going to go for it,'” Robert stated, “However the surgeon stated, ‘No, your appendix goes. That factor’s gotta come out.'”