JoJo Siwa Shares Recovery Update After Ruptured Cyst

JoJo Siwa, the 22-year-old singer and dancer, shared an update on her recovery from a ruptured ovarian cyst that led to her hospitalization last week, stating she is improving but not yet fully out of danger.

On November 27, Siwa experienced escalating abdominal pain in Bloomington, Minnesota, just hours before a scheduled Black Friday performance at the Mall of America. She had been dealing with intermittent discomfort for several days, which worsened with any movement, such as walking or dancing. Initially attributing it to menstrual cramps, Siwa attempted to soothe the pain with a warm bath, but that intensified the symptoms dramatically. Feeling faint and unable to breathe, she called her mother, Jessalynn Siwa, who advised summoning an ambulance. Emergency responders transported her to a local hospital, where an ultrasound revealed that a cyst on one of her ovaries had burst, causing internal bleeding into her abdomen.

Doctors explained that the shifting blood in her stomach was responsible for the severe pain. "Anytime that the blood in your stomach moves, that's the bleeding in the stomach. It's brutal pain," Siwa said in a TikTok video posted on November 29. The medical...