Bindi Irwin fights to be healthy for her family following emergency surgery

Bindi Irwin is on the road to recovery and taking the time to heal after suffering a ruptured appendix earlier this month.

Irwin, the daughter of late animal advocate Steve Irwin, was forced to miss an annual gala in honor of her father due to emergency surgery.

While the surgery was initially intended to address her appendix, doctors discovered a myriad of issues Irwin, 26, needed medical attention for, including 14 additional lesions related to her endometriosis diagnosis.

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"Healing. Thank you for your incredible words of support and kindness," Bindi shared on social media. "The reason I share my health journey is because more girls and women desperately need answers to their undiagnosed pain. 

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"I’ve battled with endometriosis for more than 12 years. This disease is crippling and can make you feel incredibly isolated. We need to raise awareness and change the narrative for women’s health. I see you, your pain is real, and you deserve answers and genuine health care."

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Her husband, Chandler Powell, praised Bindi on social media, and wrote, "I’ve said it many times already, but as time goes on I’m even more convinced that you are the strongest person I know."

He added, "Going through everything you have to get on top of your health as well as help others along the way is incredible. You are a warrior in every sense of the word. Grace and I are so grateful for you and everything you do."

She responded, "My hope is to be healthy for our family. I love you so much."

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Irwin detailed some of her medical journey on social media shortly after she was hospitalized.

"After having a grumbly appendix, I finally had to seek help the day of our Steve Irwin Gala in Las Vegas," she wrote earlier this month. "I consulted with Dr. Seckin, and we agreed that if I flew to New York, he could also check for endometriosis again. 

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"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. Thankfully, I am on the road to recovery."

This is not the first health scare Bindi has encountered. In 2023, the mom of one revealed an endometriosis diagnosis that also required surgery. 

"My life now looks completely different than it did before I had my surgery," Irwin told Fox News Digital at the time. "Over the 10 years that I was really battling with endo[metriosis] without knowing it, I would get progressively worse every week and in the end, before my surgery, I was barely able to get out of bed." 

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Irwin, who described the pain she experienced as a "stabbing feeling" and "really scary," revealed in March that she endured the painful condition for 10 years and struggled for a proper diagnosis. 

Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.

Diddy spends Memorial Day behind bars with card games and basketball, soccer tournaments offered

Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trial received a brief break Monday as New York City courthouses honored Memorial Day.

Diddy, 55, will spend the holiday behind bars at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where the fallen music mogul has been incarcerated since his September arrest.

While the "Last Night" rapper received a brief respite from testimony in his ongoing sex crimes trial, Diddy and his fellow inmates will be offered a number of activities for Memorial Day.

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Diddy is being held in the 4 North corridor of the jail, a dormitory-style unit shared with 20 other federal inmates.

"Spades card games, dominoes, 3-on-3 basketball tournament and soccer tournament," an executive assistant told People magazine.

Diddy and the inmates will be offered a "normal, rotating Monday meal," which includes fruit, cereal, skim milk and a breakfast cake, the outlet reported.

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He'll have the choice of barbecue chicken, kidney beans, macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables, whole wheat bread, fruit, a holiday dessert and a beverage for lunch.

Chicken, tofu, rice, pinto beans, canned corn, whole wheat bread and a drink is available for Diddy's dinner.

In September, the "Last Night" singer was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to a federal indictment. He has maintained his innocence. If found guilty, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Testimony in the Bad Boy Records founder's trial began Monday, May 12, and jurors heard from his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in addition to rapper Kid Cudi and former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard.

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On Thursday, the jury heard from rapper Kid Cudi — who testified that he had a romantic relationship with Diddy's ex, Cassie, in 2011. Kid Cudi testified that when Diddy found out about the relationship, he broke into the musician's home and later allegedly set fire to his car. However, there was no definitive evidence to prove Kid Cudi's claims.

Male exotic dancer Sharay Hayes, also known as The Punisher, testified to having sex with Cassie at the request of Diddy and said that the encounters were always consensual. He told the jury that he didn’t get any cues of any discomfort from Cassie, and that if he had, he would have stopped. Diddy's defense lawyer doubled down, asking if Hayes ever did anything to Cassie that she didn’t want. Hayes replied no. He claimed it was consensual.

Cassie Ventura's mother Regina Ventura and former best friend Kerry Morgan were both called to the stand by the prosecution to testify against Diddy. The jury has heard from at least one expert witness so far, Dr. Dawn Hughes. The clinical psychologist took the stand to provide "blind testimony" about why a person would stay in an abusive relationship.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

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