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Mayday for Miley's Brother: Behind the Bloody Twitpic

by Bruna Nessif Mon., Jul. 16, 2012 4:36 PM PDT

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Yes, that would be Braison Chance Cyrus holding a bucket of his own blood, so what the heck happened?!

A source confirms to E! News that Miley Cyrus' younger brother had a health scare and was taken to the hospital for an "emergency surgery" Saturday night.

Before you get into a panic, 18-year-old Braison is OK. Here are the deets...

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Braison tweeted that, "I got my tonsils out last week. Not sure what happened exactly but long story short my artery opened and I was bleed a lot. All good now."

What a mouthful!

"This was yesterday. Everything is O K now and he is home...but @braisonwukong was bleeding badly!," father Billy Ray Cyrus' tweeted, "Thanking God and all the fine doctors nurses and staff at Providence Saint Joseph hospital. Been a wild 24 hours but bringing my son home."

Papa Cyrus continued with the tweets and thanked everyone for their well wishes, "Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers for @Braisonwukong. He's doing better. Who said gettin your tonsils out wasn't dangerous?"